SF 171: Modifying provisions related to the effective date of school district enlargements, reorganizations, changes in boundaries, and dissolutions, and including retroactive applicability provisions

What it does

This bill modifies provisions related to the effective date of school district enlargements, reorganizations, changes in boundaries, and dissolutions. Current law provides that when a school district is enlarged, reorganized, or changes its boundary, the change shall take effect on July following the date of the reorganization election. The bill modifies this provision to provide that, if the proposition was approved prior to January 1, 2025, the change shall take effect on July following the date of the reorganization election, and if the proposition was approved on or after January 1, 2025, the change shall take effect on July in the calendar year immediately subsequent to the calendar year in which the reorganization election was held.

Lobbying · 5 for, 0 against

For: Dr. Tanja Garrison; Iowa Association of School Boards; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

1. January 30, 2025Filed in the Senate
2. January 30, 2025Approved by the Senate committee
3. February 18, 2025Passed the Senate, 44–0
4. February 20, 2025Took the place of HF 174 on the House floor (the same legislation)
5. February 20, 2025Passed the House, 92–0
6. March 11, 2025Sent to the Governor
7. March 12, 2025Signed into law