The voters shall vote separately in each existing school district affected and voters
residing in the entire existing district are eligible to vote upon the proposition to create a
new school corporation and on any additional provision authorized pursuant to section
275.12, subsection 6. If a proposition receives a majority of the votes cast in each of at least
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§275.20, REORGANIZATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS 10\n\nseventy-five percent of the districts, and also a majority of the total number of votes cast in
all of the districts, the proposition is carried.
[R60, §2097, 2105; C73, §1800, 1801; C97, §2794; SS15, §2794, 2794-a; C24, 27, 31, 35,
§4142, 4166, 4167, 4191; C39, §4142, 4144.1, 4166, 4167; C46, 50, §274.24, 274.27, 276.13;
C54, §275.20, 275.21; C58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §275.20]
89 Acts, ch 135, §66; 2014 Acts, ch 1013, §19
Referred to in §257.11A, 275.11, 275.22, 275.23, 275.23A, 275.24\n\n 275.21 Reserved.
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Notes of Decisions
State Ex Rel. Warrington v. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 78 N.W.2d 86 (Iowa 1956).
· cites it 18× “Much reliance for error is predicated upon the contention that, although separate ballot boxes were furnished for each of the districts, the officers failed to place the ballot boxes in each of the existing school districts as required by section 275.20, Code of Iowa 1954.…”
Becker v. Bd. of Educ. of Benton Cnty., 138 N.W.2d 909 (Iowa 1965).
· cites it 26× “The scope of this appeal, however, is limited to the assigned errors of the trial court in holding (1) the average daily attendance classification in section 275.20 is constitutional, and (2) there was no unconstitutional delegation of legislative power.”
Manilla Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Halverson, 101 N.W.2d 705 (Iowa 1960).
· cites it 12× “Section 275.20, Code of 1954, provided: “* * * School districts affected or portion thereof shall be defined to mean that area to be included in the plan of the proposed new school district.”
Turnis v. Bd. of Educ. of Jones Cnty., 109 N.W.2d 198 (Iowa 1961).
· cites it 4× “Section 275.20, Code of 1958, provides specifically that “The voters shall vote separately in each existing school district affected or portion thereof upon the proposition to create such new school corporation.”
Branderhorst v. Cnty. Bd. of Educ., 99 N.W.2d 433 (Iowa 1959).
· cites it 4× “Plaintiffs contend it appeared under their pleadings and proof that the eligible voters living in an area of Victory Central School District, which was not included in the proposed new school district, were not permitted to vote, contrary to the express provisions of section…”
Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Huehn, 117 N.W.2d 474 (Iowa 1962).
· cites it 10× “The primary issue before this court arises by virtue of section 275.20, Code of Iowa, and is whether or not Owasa district is a rural independent school district within the purview of said section.”
Rollins v. Halverson, 132 N.W.2d 465 (Iowa 1965).
· cites it 2× “As required by law, the county superintendent designated the polling places and the judges and clerks of the election, and the election was held, resulting in approval in seven of the nine districts and an overall total majority for reorganization, as required in section 275.20,…”
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