HF10 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the attachment of the territory of a school district that is subject to an approved dissolution proposal, and including applicability provisions.(See HF 174 .)

Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: SORENSEN
Last action: 2025-02-24
Official status: Withdrawn. H.J. 418 .
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the attachment of the territory of a school district that is subject to an approved dissolution proposal, and including applicability provisions.(See HF 174 .)

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the attachment of the territory of a school district that is subject to an approved dissolution proposal, and including applicability provisions.(See HF 174 .)

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Bill History

2025-02-24 Iowa Legislature
Withdrawn. H.J. 418 .
2025-01-30 Iowa Legislature
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 174 .
2025-01-28 Iowa Legislature
Committee vote: Yeas, 22. Nays, 0. Excused, 1. H.J. 142 .
2025-01-28 Iowa Legislature
Committee report, recommending amendment and passage. H.J. 142 .
2025-01-23 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee recommends passage.
2025-01-22 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 01/23/2025 12:15PM House Lounge.
2025-01-21 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Moore, T., Johnson, C. and Madison. H.J. 105 .
2025-01-14 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 40 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the attachment of the territory of a school district that is subject to an approved dissolution proposal, and including applicability provisions.(See HF 174 .)

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Introduced

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FILE

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BY

SORENSEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

attachment

of

the

territory

of

a

1

school

district

that

is

subject

to

an

approved

dissolution

2

proposal,

and

including

applicability

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

275.55,

subsection

4,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

4.

The

attachment

is

effective

July

1

following

its

approval

3

in

the

calendar

year

immediately

subsequent

to

the

calendar

4

year

in

which

the

attachment

was

approved

.

If

the

dissolution

5

proposal

is

for

the

dissolution

of

a

school

district

with

a

6

certified

enrollment

of

fewer

than

six

hundred,

the

territory

7

located

in

the

school

district

that

dissolved

is

eligible,

if

8

approved

by

the

director

of

the

department

of

education,

for

9

a

reduction

in

the

foundation

property

tax

levy

under

section

10

257.3,

subsection

1

.

If

the

director

approves

a

reduction

in

11

the

foundation

property

tax

levy

as

provided

in

this

section

,

12

the

director

shall

notify

the

director

of

the

department

of

13

management

of

the

reduction.

14

Sec.

2.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

to

propositions

15

that

are

approved

by

voters

pursuant

to

section

275.55

on

or

16

after

the

effective

date

of

this

Act.

17

EXPLANATION

18

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

19

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

20

This

bill

relates

to

the

attachment

of

the

territory

of

21

a

school

district

that

is

subject

to

an

approved

dissolution

22

proposal.

23

Current

law

provides

that

the

attachment

of

territory

of

24

a

school

district

that

is

subject

to

an

approved

dissolution

25

proposal

is

effective

July

1

following

such

approval.

The

bill

26

modifies

this

provision

to

provide

that

such

attachment

is

27

effective

July

1

in

the

calendar

year

immediately

subsequent

to

28

the

calendar

year

in

which

the

attachment

was

approved.

29

The

bill

applies

to

school

district

dissolution

propositions

30

that

are

approved

by

voters

on

or

after

the

effective

date

of

31

the

bill.

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