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Iowa Code § 277.1 (2026)
Regular election
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The regular election shall be held biennially on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year in each school district for the election of officers of the district and merged area and for the purpose of submitting to the voters any matter authorized by law. [C51, §1111, 1114; R60, §2027, 2030, 2031; C73, §1717 – 1719; C97, §2746, 2751; C24, §4194, 4211; C27, §4194, 4211, 4216-b1; C31, 35, §4216-c1; C39, §4216.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §277.1] 83 Acts, ch 101, §63; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §18, 21; 2017 Acts, ch 155, §8 – 10 Referred to in §39.3, 260C.15, 279.8B, 423F.3, 423F.4
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Cited in 8
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1959–2024 · leading case: Bauman v. Maple Valley Cmty. Sch. Dist., 649 N.W.2d 9 (Iowa 2002).
Bauman v. Maple Valley Cmty. Sch. Dist., 649 N.W.2d 9 (Iowa 2002). “See Iowa Code §§ 277.1 (regular election), 277.”
Stanley v. Sw. Com. Col. Merged Area, 184 N.W.2d 29 (Iowa 1971). “Our conclusion finds support in later action of the legislature in changing the wording of section 277.1 to specifically include merged areas.”
Poe v. Cent. Lyon Sch. Dist., 515 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa 1994). “” Iowa Code § 277.1 . Special elections may be called irregularly to decide primarily financial and school property issues, but not to elect officers.”
Stanley v. Sw. Cmty. Coll. Merged Area, 184 N.W.2d 29 (Iowa 1971). “Our conclusion finds support in later action of the legislature in changing the wording of section 277.1 to specifically include merged areas.”
Des Moines Indep. Com. Sch. Dist. v. Armstrong, 95 N.W.2d 515 (Iowa 1959). “Unless several existing statutes, by their terms applicable to such an independent district as plaintiff prior to its enlargement, remain applicable to it, the law seems to be silent on such vital matters as time of holding school elections (section 277.1); filing nomination…”
Save Our Stadiums v. Des Moines Indep. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 982 N.W.2d 139 (Iowa 2022). “The petition must be signed by eligible electors equal in number to not less than one hundred or thirty percent of those voting at the last preceding election of school officials under Iowa Code § 277.1 , whichever is greater.”
Save Our Stadiums v. Des Moines Indep. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 982 N.W.2d 139 (Iowa 2022). “The petition must be signed by eligible electors equal in number to not less than one hundred or thirty percent of those voting at the last preceding election of school officials under Iowa Code § 277.1 , whichever is greater.”
Amie Villarini v. Iowa City Cmty. Sch. Dist., 15 N.W.3d 89 (Iowa Ct. App. 2024). “The school district’s board members are elected officials, see Iowa Code § 277.1 , and “in a society in which each individual has but limited time and resources with which to observe at first hand the operations of his government,” publicizing the board’s operations ensures the…”
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