School corporations shall be designated as follows:
1. The independent school district of (naming city, township, or village, and if there are two or more districts therein, including some appropriate name or number), in the county of (naming county), state of Iowa.
2. The consolidated school district of (some appropriate name or number), in the county of (naming county), state of Iowa.
3. The community school district of (some appropriate name), in the county (or counties) of (naming county or counties), state of Iowa.
4. The (some appropriate name) community school district, in the county (or counties) of (naming county or counties), state of Iowa. [C51, §1108; R60, §2026; C73, §1716; C97, §2744; S13, §2744; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4124; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.6] 2017 Acts, ch 54, §39 Referred to in §278.1\n\nTue Dec 09 22:18:01 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 274 (28, 1) 3 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN GENERAL, §274.37 \n
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
6
cases, 1947–1962 · leading case:
Zilske v. Albers, 29 N.W.2d 189 (Iowa 1947).
Zilske v. Albers, 29 N.W.2d 189 (Iowa 1947).
· cites it 6× “The contention that the law makes no provision for a “consolidated independent school district” is largely based on Code section 274.6 which provides, “School corporations composed of subdistricts shall be.”
Des Moines Indep. Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Armstrong, 95 N.W.2d 515 (Iowa 1959).
· cites it 8× “” The opinion refers to section 4124, Code, 1924 (now section 274.6, Code, 1958, except that the names of community school districts have been added), setting out the names by which school corporations shall be designated, and to what is now section 274.”
Grant v. Norris, 85 N.W.2d 261 (Iowa 1957).
· cites it 2× “Under the 1950 Code, section 274.6, our school districts were: subdistrict; school township; independent; rural independent; consolidated (repealed by chapter 117, 55th G.”
Des Moines Indep. Com. Sch. Dist. v. Armstrong, 95 N.W.2d 515 (Iowa 1959).
· cites it 8× “" The opinion refers to section 4124, Code, 1924 (now section 274.6, Code, 1958, except that the names of community school districts have been added), setting out the names by which school corporations shall be designated, and to what is now section 274.”
Claussen v. Perry, 79 N.W.2d 778 (Iowa 1956).
· cites it 2× “Section 274.6 contemplates a possibility of more than one township school district.”
Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Huehn, 117 N.W.2d 474 (Iowa 1962).
· cites it 4× “Section 274.6 provides: “School corporations composed of subdistricts shall be called school, townships, and shall be designated as the school township ■of *.”
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