1. When a board closes its elementary school facilities for lack of pupils or by action of the board, it shall, if there is a school bus service available in the area, designate for attendance the school operating the buses, provided the board of such school is willing to receive them and the facilities and curricular offerings are adequate. The board of the district where the pupils reside may with the approval of the area education agency board, subject to legal limitations and established uniform standards, designate another rural school and provide their own transportation if the transportation costs will be less than to use the established bus service.
2. All designations must be submitted to the area education agency board on or before July 15, for review and approval. The agency board shall after due investigation alter or change designations to make them conform to legal requirements and established uniform standards for making designations and for locating and establishing bus routes. After designations are made, they will remain the same from year to year except that on or before July 15, of each year, the rural board or parents may petition the agency board for a change of designation to another school. Appeals from the decision of the agency board on designations may be made \n Tue Dec 09 22:17:39 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 285 (26, 0) §285.4, STATE AID FOR TRANSPORTATION 6\n\nby either the parents or board to the director of the department of education as provided in section 285.12 and section 285.13. [C35, §4274-e1, -e3, -e4, -e6; C39, §4274.03, 4274.05, 4274.06, 4274.08; C46, §282.10, 282.12, 282.13, 282.15, 285.4; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §285.4] 85 Acts, ch 212, §21; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150 \n
Notes of Decisions
Sch. Dist. of Soldier Twp. v. Moeller, 73 N.W.2d 43 (Iowa 1955).
· cites it 8× “3 had been closed for the two preceding years and no teacher had been found, if one was in fact sought, at the time the designations were signed and filed; the applicable law which went into effect on July 4, 1949— section 3 of chapter 116 of the laws of the Fifty-third General…”
Novak v. Oneida Twp. Sch. Bd., 95 N.W.2d 291 (Iowa 1959).
· cites it 14× “As required by section 285.4, Code of Iowa, 1954 (1958), it submitted such designations to the board of education of Tama County, which approved the designations, over the objection of certain parents.”
Langel v. Bd. of Supervisors of Carroll Cnty., 186 N.W.2d 608 (Iowa 1971).
“l of designations of students to public schools in other districts, special education programs for students residing in the Eden Township School District, review of all designations of students, appeals to the County Superintendent under Chapter 290 of the Iowa Code,…”
Nishna Valley Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Malvern Cmty. Sch. Dist., 121 N.W.2d 646 (Iowa 1963).
· cites it 2× “” It is provided in section 285.4, Code, 1958: “* * * After designations are made, they will remain the same from year to year except that on or before July 15, of each year, the rural board or parents may petition the county board for a change of designation to another school.”
Novak v. Oneida Twp. Sch. Bd., Tama Cnty., 95 N.W.2d 291 (Iowa 1959).
· cites it 14× “As required by section 285.4, Code of Iowa, I.C.A., 1954 (1958) it submitted such designations to the board of education of Tama County, which approved the designations, over the objection of certain parents.”
Nishna Valley Com. Sch. Dist. v. Malvern Com. Sch. Dist., 121 N.W.2d 646 (Iowa 1963).
· cites it 2× “" It is provided in Section 285.4, Code, 1958, I.C.A.: "* * * After designations are made, they will remain the same from year to year except that on or before July 15, of each year, the rural board or parents may petition the county board for a change of designation to another…”
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