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Iowa Code § 275.11 (2026)

Proposals involving two or more districts

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Subject to the approval of the area education agency board, contiguous or marginally adjacent territory located in two or more school districts may be united into a single district in the manner provided in sections 275.12 through 275.18, 275.20, and 275.22. [SS15, §2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4166; C46, 50, §276.13; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.11] 92 Acts, ch 1246, §44; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §145

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1953–1968 · leading case: Wall v. Cnty. Bd. of Educ. of Johnson Cnty., 86 N.W.2d 231 (Iowa 1957).
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Wall v. Cnty. Bd. of Educ. of Johnson Cnty., 86 N.W.2d 231 (Iowa 1957). · cites it 5× “10, but by sections 275.11 to 275.23 inclusive. The legislature did not place in any of the latc4‘ sections a provision concerning the twelve calendar-month restriction.”
Claussen v. Perry, 79 N.W.2d 778 (Iowa 1956). · cites it 10× “Appellant contends appellees have a plain, speedy and adequate remedy at law on the theory that they should use section 275.11 in their consolidation procedure instead of section 274.”
State Ex Rel. Warrington v. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 78 N.W.2d 86 (Iowa 1956). · cites it 4× “10) and “contiguous territory located in three or more school districts” (now used in Code section 275.11). The express policy of reorganization as set forth in Code section 275.”
Smaha v. Simmons, 60 N.W.2d 100 (Iowa 1953). · cites it 2× “It allowed the county board of education, after study, surveys and hearings, to submit a plan of reorganization to the voters. It was specifically provided in this Act that this new plan was to be “supplemental to the existing provisions of law for the promotion of districts and…”
Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 98 N.W.2d 737 (Iowa 1959). “Code sections 275.11, 275.12, 275.13, 275.14 and 275.”
De Berg v. Cnty. Bd. of Educ. of Butler Cnty., 82 N.W.2d 710 (Iowa 1957). · cites it 13× “On February 7, 1956, a petition was filed with the County Superintendent of Schools of Butler County, Iowa, iñ accordance with section 275.11, Iowa Code 1954, requesting the establishment of a consolidated school district to be known as “The Community School District of Greene,…”
State Ex Rel. Brown v. Cmty. Sch. Dist. of St. Ansgar, 91 N.W.2d 571 (Iowa 1958). · cites it 2× “13, Code of Iowa, 1954, was defective, and that as a result of the election elimination of the Spring Valley School District the remaining area was not a contiguous territory as required by section 275.11 of the Code of Iowa, 1954.”
Shelby Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Halverson, 158 N.W.2d 163 (Iowa 1968). · cites it 2× “Section 275.11 states: “ * * * contiguous territory located in two or more school districts may be united into a single district in the manner provided in sections 275.”
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