In the event of a disagreement between a school patron and the board of the school
district, the patron if dissatisfied with the decision of the district board, may appeal to the
area education agency board, notifying the secretary of the district in writing within ten days
of the decision of the board and by filing an affidavit of appeal with the agency board within
the ten-day period. The affidavit of appeal shall include the reasons for the appeal and
points at issue. The secretary of the local board on receiving notice of appeal shall certify all
papers to the agency board which shall hear the appeal within ten days of the receipt of the
papers and decide it within three days of the conclusion of the hearing and shall immediately
notify all parties of its decision. Either party may appeal the decision of the agency board to
the director of the department of education by notifying the opposite party and the agency
administrator in writing within five days after receipt of notice of the decision of the agency
board and by filing with the director of the department of education an affidavit of appeal,
reasons for appeal, and the facts involved in the disagreement within five days after receipt
of notice of the decision of the agency board. The agency administrator shall, within ten
days of receipt of the notice, file with the director all records and papers pertaining to the
case, including action of the agency board. The director shall hear the appeal within fifteen\n\nTue Dec 09 22:17:39 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 285 (26, 0)
§285.12, STATE AID FOR TRANSPORTATION 10\n\ndays of the filing of the records in the director’s office, notifying all parties and the agency
administrator of the date and time of hearing. The director shall notify all parties of the
decision and return all papers with a copy of the decision to the agency administrator. The
decision of the director shall be subject to judicial review in accordance with chapter 17A.
Pending final order made by the director, upon any appeal prosecuted to such director, the
order of the agency board from which the appeal is taken shall be operative and be in full
force and effect.
[C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §285.12]
85 Acts, ch 212, §21 – 23; 2001 Acts, ch 159, §15; 2002 Acts, ch 1140, §28; 2003 Acts, ch 108,
§127, 132
Referred to in §285.4, 285.13
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Notes of Decisions
Howell Sch. Bd. Dist. No. 9 v. Hubbartt, 70 N.W.2d 531 (Iowa 1955).
· cites it 16× “Section 285.12, 1954 Code of Iowa. As a result of its decision there was an appeal to the state superintendent of public instruction.”
Sioux City Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Iowa Dep't of Educ., 659 N.W.2d 563 (Iowa 2003).
· cites it 9× “The parents properly challenged the school district’s discretionary decision pursuant to section 285.12 which directs the agency boards to hear and decide appeals in a transportation disagreement between a school patron and the board of a local district.”
Everding v. Bd. of Educ., 76 N.W.2d 205 (Iowa 1956).
· cites it 2× “In the case of joint districts, no notice for an election shall be published until the time for appeal, which shall be the same as that provided in section 285.12, has expired; and in the event of an appeal, not until the same has been disposed of.”
Archer v. Bd. of Educ., 104 N.W.2d 621 (Iowa 1960).
· cites it 2× “It states: “In- the case of joint districts, no notice for an election shall be published until the time for appeal, which shall be the same as that provided in section 285.12, has expired; and in the event of an appeal, not until the same has been disposed of.”
Sch. Dist. of Soldier Twp. v. Moeller, 73 N.W.2d 43 (Iowa 1955).
· cites it 2× “Appeals from the decision of’the county board on designations may be made by either the parents or board to the state superintendent of public instruction as provided in section 285.12 and section 285.13.” It will be noted that the action to be taken by the board in regard to…”
Bd. of Directors of Lewis Consol. Sch. Dist. v. Bd. of Educ., 97 N.W.2d 166 (Iowa 1959).
· cites it 2× “In addition to stating that no statutory provision was made for the formulation of issues in the district court there was also no provision for the certifying to the trial court the proceeding made below. As to the certification of the record the cited case and the instant case…”
State Ex Rel. LeBuhn v. White, 133 N.W.2d 903 (Iowa 1965).
· cites it 2× “Section 285.12 makes the county board an appellate body over disagreements between a school patron and the community board as to matters of transportation; and Section 290.”
Novak v. Oneida Twp. Sch. Bd., 95 N.W.2d 291 (Iowa 1959).
· cites it 8× “4 provides for: (1) The designation by school boards in districts not maintaining school facilities, of other districts for attendance by pupils; (2) the submission of such designations to the county board, for review and approval, and (3) appeals to the state superintendent…”
Ctr. Twp. Sch. Dist. v. Oakland Indep. Sch. Dist., 104 N.W.2d 454 (Iowa 1960).
· cites it 2× “The decision of the state superintendent of public instruction shall be subject to appeal to the courts as provided for in section 285.12.” The County Board of Education became involved in the disagreement between the two districts because Code sections 279.”
Signer v. Crawford Cnty., 76 N.W.2d 213 (Iowa 1956).
· cites it 2× “Plaintiff's took appeals therefrom, we assume within the time required by section 285.12, to the state board of public instruction which, however, declined to entertain them apjiarently on the ground individuals have no right to maintain such appeals.”
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