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Iowa Code § 297.1 (2026)

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1. The board of each school district may fix the site for each schoolhouse, which shall be upon some public highway already established or procured by such board and not in any public park, and except in cities and villages, not less than thirty rods from the residence of any landowner who objects thereto.

2. In fixing such site, the board shall take into consideration the number of scholars residing in the various portions of the school district and the geographical location and convenience of any proposed site. [R60, §2037; C73, §1724, 1825, 1826; C97, §2773, 2814; S13, §2773, 2814; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4359; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §297.1] \n

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Cited in 6 cases, 1957–2019 · leading case: Keeler v. Iowa State Bd. of Pub. Instruction, 331 N.W.2d 110 (Iowa 1983).
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Keeler v. Iowa State Bd. of Pub. Instruction, 331 N.W.2d 110 (Iowa 1983). · cites it 4× “In view of the history of board consideration of the issue, the full opportunity for public participation in all relevant events, the fact the problem arose because of the necessity of budget cuts, the notice given of the March meeting, and participation by the public in that…”
City of Bloomfield v. Davis Cnty. Cmty. Sch. Dist., 119 N.W.2d 909 (Iowa 1963). · cites it 2× “” Code section 297.1 states, “The board of each school corporation may fix the site for each schoolhouse, * * Section 297.”
Heather Young, Del Holland, & Blake Hendrickson v. The Iowa City Cmty. Sch. Dist., Chris Lynch, LaTasha DeLoach, Brian Kirschling, & Paul Roesler (Iowa 2019). · cites it 3× “The defendants note that the Board has broad and exclusive power to determine the location of a schoolhouse under Iowa Code sections 297.1 and 279.11. See Kinney v. Howard, 133 Iowa 94, 96 , 110 N.”
Hare v. Bd. of Directors of Boyer Sch. Twp., 85 N.W.2d 540 (Iowa 1957). · cites it 2× “The trial court concluded: That under Code section 297.1 the defendant Board had power to “fix the site” for each schoolhouse; that the removal of the schoolhouse from subdistrict 6 to subdistrict 8 did not constitute a “sale, lease, or other disposition” requiring, under Code…”
Marc R. Wallace, Gregory A. Wells, Shannon Boswell, Mike Murray, Gayle J. Murray, Kathleen L. Gingerich, Tracy Lynch, & Scott D. Neal Vs. Iowa State Bd. Of Educ. (Iowa 2009). “§ 297.1, 9 discretion to “determine the number of schools to be taught .”
Hare v. Bd. of Directors, Etc., 85 N.W.2d 540 (Iowa 1957). · cites it 2× “*541 The trial court concluded: That under Code section 297.1 the defendant Board had power to "fix the site" for each schoolhouse; that the removal of the schoolhouse from subdistrict 6 to subdistrict 8 did not constitute a "sale, lease, or other disposition" requiring, under…”
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