Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 279.8 (2026)

General rules — bonds of employees

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1. The board shall make rules for its own government and that of the directors, officers, employees, teachers and pupils, and for the care of the schoolhouse, grounds, and property of the school corporation, and shall aid in the enforcement of the rules, and require the performance of duties imposed by law and the rules. The board shall include in its rules provisions regulating the loading and unloading of pupils from a school bus stopped on the highway during a period of reduced highway visibility caused by fog, snow or other weather conditions. The board shall have the authority to include in its rules provisions allowing school corporation employees to use school credit cards to pay for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of work-related duties.

2. Employees of a school corporation maintaining a high school who have the custody of funds belonging to the corporation or funds derived from extracurricular activities and other sources in the conduct of their duties, shall be required to furnish suitable bond indemnifying the corporation or any activity group connected with the school against loss, and employees who have the custody of property belonging to the corporation or any activity group connected with the school may be required to furnish such bond. Said bond or bonds may be in such form and penalty as the board may approve and the premiums on same shall be paid from the general fund of the corporation. [R60, §2037; C97, §2772; S13, §2772; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4224; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §279.8] 84 Acts, ch 1315, §35 Referred to in §279.9, 279.9B, 279.22, 808A.1 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1970–2019 · leading case: Barnett v. Durant Cmty. Sch. Dist., 249 N.W.2d 626 (Iowa 1977).

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Barnett v. Durant Cmty. Sch. Dist., 249 N.W.2d 626 (Iowa 1977). · cites it 4× “In relevant part, those provisions are as follows: The board shall make rules for its own government and that of the directors, officers, teachers, and pupils, * * * and aid in the enforcement of the same, and require the performance of duties by said persons imposed by law and…”

Bunger Ex Rel. Bunger v. Iowa High Sch. Athletic Ass'n, 197 N.W.2d 555 (Iowa 1972). · cites it 3× “7 (“The affairs of each school corporation shall be conducted by a board of directors”), § 279.8 (“The board shall make rules for its own government and that of the .”

Ne. Cmty. Educ. Ass'n v. Ne. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 402 N.W.2d 765 (Iowa 1987). · cites it 4× “" Iowa Code § 279.8 . The only pertinent rule before the court is Northeast Community School District Board Policy No.”

Burlington Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Pub. Emp. Relations Bd., 268 N.W.2d 517 (Iowa 1978). · cites it 3× “In its brief, it asserts: (1) since public employment negotiating sessions are exempt from the open meetings law, chapter 28A, The Code, they are subject to the common law of public meetings which permits the public body to determine whether meetings will be closed or open to…”

Sims v. Colfax Cmty. Sch. Dist., 307 F. Supp. 485 (S.D. Iowa 1970). “Nor can it be denied that rules and regulations governing student conduct are required to maintain an orderly educational program.”

Heather Young, Del Holland, & Blake Hendrickson v. The Iowa City Cmty. Sch. Dist., Chris Lynch, LaTasha DeLoach, Brian Kirschling, & Paul Roesler (Iowa 2019). “§ 279.8 (requiring rules “for the care of schoolhouse, grounds, and property”); id.”

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