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Iowa Code § 275.1 (2026)

Definitions — declaration of policy — surveys

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1. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

a. “Eligible elector” means eligible elector as defined in section 39.3, subsection 6.

b. “Initial board” means the board of a newly reorganized district that is selected pursuant to section 275.25 or 275.41 and functions until the organizational meeting following the second regular school election held after the effective date of the reorganization.

c. “Joint districts” means districts that lie in two or more adjacent area education agencies.

d. “Marginally adjacent district” or “marginally adjacent territory” means a district or territory which is separated from a second district or territory by property which is part of a third school district which completely surrounds one of the two districts.

e. “Registered voter” means registered voter as defined in section 39.3, subsection 11.

f. “Regular board” means the board of a reorganized district that begins to function at the \n Tue Dec 09 22:18:01 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 275 (40, 1) §275.1, REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS 2\n\norganizational meeting following the second regular school election held after the effective date of the school reorganization, and is comprised of members who were elected to the current terms or were appointed to replace members who were elected.

g. “School districts affected” means the school districts named in the reorganization petition whether a school district is affected in whole or in part.

2. It is the policy of the state to encourage economical and efficient school districts which will ensure an equal educational opportunity to all children of the state. All areas of the state shall be in school districts maintaining kindergarten and twelve grades. If a school district ceases to maintain kindergarten and twelve grades except as otherwise provided in section 28E.9, 256.13, 280.15, 282.7, subsection 1 or 3, or section 282.8, it shall reorganize within six months or the state board shall attach the school district not maintaining kindergarten and twelve grades to one or more adjacent districts. Voluntary reorganizations under this chapter shall be commenced only if the affected school districts are contiguous or marginally adjacent to one another. A reorganized district shall meet the requirements of section 275.3.

3. If a district is attached, division of assets and liabilities shall be made as provided in sections 275.29 through 275.31. The area education agency boards shall develop detailed studies and surveys of the school districts within the area education agency and all adjacent territory for the purpose of providing for reorganization of school districts in order to effect more economical operation and the attainment of higher standards of education in the schools. The plans shall be revised periodically to reflect reorganizations which may have taken place in the area education agency and adjacent territory. [C97, §2798; SS15, §2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4152, 4154; C46, 50, §274.37, 275.1, 276.1; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.1; 82 Acts, ch 1113, §1] 83 Acts, ch 31, §2; 84 Acts, ch 1078, §1; 85 Acts, ch 212, §7; 88 Acts, ch 1263, §2; 92 Acts, ch 1246, §41, 42; 93 Acts, ch 160, §3; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §100; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §65; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §11, 21; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §75; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §67; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §91; 2016 Acts, ch 1121, §7 Referred to in §257.3, 257.4, 275.9, 280.15, 282.7, 594A.6, 594A.8 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 53 cases, 1954–2014 · leading case: Dobrovolny v. Reinhardt, 173 N.W.2d 837 (Iowa 1970).

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Dobrovolny v. Reinhardt, 173 N.W.2d 837 (Iowa 1970). · cites it 16× “This is an action in equity by electors and taxpayers alleging the Monona County Board of Education's action on May 3, 1968 attaching the Castana Community School District to two different districts pursuant to Code section 275.1 was not valid. The trial court found failure to…”

Bd. of Educ. v. Iowa State Bd. of Pub. Instruction, 157 N.W.2d 919 (Iowa 1968). · cites it 16× “The defendant, whose approval to any attachment between districts is required by section 275.1, refused to sanction this split plan.”

Eden Twp. Sch. Dist. v. Carroll Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 181 N.W.2d 158 (Iowa 1970). · cites it 16× “In August 1968 the Carroll county board of education pursuant to Code section 275.1 made attachments of the two non-high school districts — the remaining portion of Eden township and Templeton independent —to the Manning community school district which was maintaining 12 grades.”

Hedrick Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. S. Prairie Area Educ. Agency 15, 433 N.W.2d 746 (Iowa 1988). · cites it 29× “” Iowa Code § 275.1 (1985). Beginning on July 1, 1975, area education agencies replaced county school boards.”

Ne. Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Easton Valley Cmty. Sch. Dist., 857 N.W.2d 488 (Iowa 2014). · cites it 4× “1078, § 1 (codified at Iowa Code § 275.1 (l)(p)). The reorganization petition did not name Northeast as a party; thus, it is not a school district affected by the reorganization.”

Wilkinson v. Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 102 N.W.2d 924 (Iowa 1960). · cites it 10× “The basis for the relief sought appears to be as follows: At the time the Mitchell County Board acted in 1957 the areas involved were “existing districts or portions thereof”; that under section 275.1, Code of 1954, as' amended, before any valid attachment could be made the…”

Bd. of Directors of the Larrabee Consol. Sch. Dist. v. Cherokee Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 149 N.W.2d 304 (Iowa 1967). · cites it 10× “Section 275.1, Code, 1966 provides in part: "* * * Any such district or part thereof attached by the county board of education, with the approval of the state board of public instruction, shall have the right to appeal this attachment to a court of record in the county in which…”

East Cent. Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Mississippi Bend Area Educ. Agency, 813 N.W.2d 741 (Iowa 2012). · cites it 9× “” Iowa Code § 275.1 (2). In order to meet these objectives, the AEAs are required to develop “detailed studies and surveys of the school districts within the area education agency and all adjacent territory.”

Archer v. Bd. of Educ., 104 N.W.2d 621 (Iowa 1960). · cites it 5× “It is conceded the original county plan was regularly prepared, considered and adopted, pursuant to Code sections 275.1 to 275.5. The claim is that additional studies and surveys were a prerequisite to the action taken here.”

Bd. of Directors of Pleasant Hill Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Bd. of Educ., 109 N.W.2d 218 (Iowa 1961). · cites it 8× “states in part: “The appellant foundations its case on the purported fact that the proposed reorganization is not consistent with the intent and policy of the Iowa law on reorganization; that ‘it fails to prepare a county plan of reorganization in compliance with the policy of…”

Bd. of Educ. of Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Bd. of Educ., 149 N.W.2d 187 (Iowa 1967). · cites it 6× “The sole question presented by this appeal is whether section 275.1, Code of Iowa, as amended by chapter 240 of the Acts of the Sixty-first General Assembly, violates Article III, section 1, of the Iowa Constitution as an unlawful delegation of legislative power and authority to…”

Ruthven Consol. Sch. Dist. v. Emmetsburg Cmty. Sch. Dist., 382 N.W.2d 136 (Iowa 1986). · cites it 2× “After this dispute arose Iowa Code section 275.1 was amended to add definitions, including: 3.”

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— Iowa Code § 275.1(3) — 1 case

East Cent. Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Mississippi Bend Area Educ. Agency, 813 N.W.2d 741 (Iowa 2012). “” Iowa Code § 275.1 (2). In order to meet these objectives, the AEAs are required to develop “detailed studies and surveys of the school districts within the area education agency and all adjacent territory.”

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