Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 279.37 (2026)

Employment of counsel

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A school corporation may employ an attorney to represent the school corporation as necessary for the proper conduct of the legal affairs of the school corporation. [R60, §2040; C73, §1740; C97, §2759; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4245; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §279.35; C77, 79, 81, §279.37]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1986–2017 · leading case: Bishop v. Iowa State Bd. of Pub. Instruction, 395 N.W.2d 888 (Iowa 1986).

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Bishop v. Iowa State Bd. of Pub. Instruction, 395 N.W.2d 888 (Iowa 1986). · cites it 92× “Iowa Code § 279.37 (1979). Under the language of that statute, we have allowed the payment of legal fees for school officials by a local school board to stand in various circumstances.”

Rathmann v. Bd. of Directors of the Davenport Cmty. Sch. Dist., 580 N.W.2d 773 (Iowa 1998). · cites it 20× “Iowa Code § 279.37 (1979). The explanation by the Iowa Senate judiciary committee given for enactment of the bill to amend section 279.”

Des Moines Indep. Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Anita Babe (Iowa Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 279.37 (allowing school corporation to employ an attorney for proper conduct of legal affairs); see also id.”

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