Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 275.14 (2026)

Objection — time of filing — notice

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1. Within ten days after the petition is filed, the area education agency administrator shall fix a final date for filing objections to the petition which shall be not more than sixty days after the petition is filed and shall fix the date for a hearing on the objections to the petition. Objections shall be filed in the office of the administrator who shall give notice at least ten days prior to the final day for filing objections, by one publication in a newspaper published within the territory described in the petition, or if none is published in the territory, in a newspaper published in the county where the petition is filed, and of general circulation in the territory described. The notice shall also list the date, time, and location for the hearing on the petition as provided in section 275.15. The cost of publication shall be assessed to each district whose territory is involved in the ratio that the number of pupils in basic enrollment for the budget year, as defined in section 257.6 in each district bears to the total number of pupils in basic enrollment for the budget year in the total area involved. Objections shall be in writing in the form of an affidavit and may be made by any person residing or owning land within the territory described in the petition, or who would be injuriously affected by the change petitioned for and shall be on file not later than 12:00 noon of the final day fixed for filing objections.

2. Objection forms shall be prescribed by the department of education and may be obtained from the area education agency administrator. Objection forms that request that property be removed from a proposed district shall include the correct legal description of the property to be removed. [SS15, §2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4157, 4166, 4170; C46, 50, §276.4, 276.6, 276.17; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.14] 85 Acts, ch 221, §1; 89 Acts, ch 135, §65 Referred to in §275.11, 275.13, 275.15, 275.23, 275.23A, 275.24 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 12 cases, 1955–2012 · leading case: Archer v. Bd. of Educ., 104 N.W.2d 621 (Iowa 1960).

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Archer v. Bd. of Educ., 104 N.W.2d 621 (Iowa 1960). · cites it 4× “Objections to the petition were filed as permitted by section 275.14. (References are to the Code of 1958.”

Hohl v. Bd. of Educ. of Poweshiek Cnty., 94 N.W.2d 787 (Iowa 1959). · cites it 2× “12, and by a duly published notice as required in section 275.14, there is also a further requirement, i.”

Wall v. Cnty. Bd. of Educ. of Johnson Cnty., 86 N.W.2d 231 (Iowa 1957). · cites it 2× “As to notice of hearing on the petition, section 275.14 provides “and give notice * * ® by one publication in a newspaper published within the territory described in the petition.”

Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 98 N.W.2d 737 (Iowa 1959). · cites it 2× “Code section 275.14 provides for the filing of objections to the petition, in the form of written affidavits, in the office of the county superintendent.”

State Ex Rel. Harberts v. Klemme Cmty. Sch. Dist., 72 N.W.2d 512 (Iowa 1955). · cites it 2× “12, and by á duly published notice as required in section 275.14, there is also a further requirement, i.”

Bd. of Directors of Lewis Consol. Sch. Dist. v. Bd. of Educ., 97 N.W.2d 166 (Iowa 1959). · cites it 2× “12 requires the filing of a petition showing, among other things, that section 275.”

Turnis v. Bd. of Educ. of Jones Cnty., 109 N.W.2d 198 (Iowa 1961). “Finally appellants contend in Brief Point C that the defendants lost jurisdiction of the reorganization by failing to hold the November 25, 1958, meeting upon notice given pursuant to sections 275.14 to 275.16 of the 1958 Code.”

Hedrick Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. S. Prairie Area Educ. Agency 15, 433 N.W.2d 746 (Iowa 1988). · cites it 2× “Notice was given as provided by Iowa Code section 275.14. At the July 8 meeting, Southern Prairie’s board formally adopted the plan after hearing statements from the public.”

Bd. of Educ. v. Jt. Bd. of Educ., 196 N.W.2d 423 (Iowa 1972). · cites it 2× “§ 275.14. No one claims that § 275.14 was not complied with.”

East Cent. Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Mississippi Bend Area Educ. Agency, 813 N.W.2d 741 (Iowa 2012). “§ 275.14. If the petition is not dismissed and the board determines that additional information is needed to fix boundaries, the hearing may be continued for thirty days.”

State Ex Rel. Brown v. Cmty. Sch. Dist. of St. Ansgar, 91 N.W.2d 571 (Iowa 1958). · cites it 2× “12 which states that the petition must be “signed *1231 by at least one tliird of the voters residing within such proposed boundaries * * ®.”

Rollins v. Halverson, 132 N.W.2d 465 (Iowa 1965). · cites it 4× “Pursuant, to notice of time to file objections, published as required by section 275.14 of the. Code, whiph notice appeared to include a copy of the petition but which left out the provision as to the method of election of the district directors and did not *403 include a plat,…”

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