SF 171 — A bill for an act modifying provisions related to the effective date of school district enlargements, reorganizations, changes in boundaries, and dissolutions, and including retroactive applicability provisions.

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ASSEMBLY ms:nu ur:alu u e.tnuuuitaullun1nrr¢inunns;:.uunularmunutu!n Senate File 171 AN ACT MODIFYING PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT ENLARGEMENTS, REORGANIZATIONS, CHANGES IN BOUNDARIES, AND DISSOLUTIONS, AND INCLUDING RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.

When a school district i3is enlarged, reorganized, or changes its boundary If a proposition to enlarge, reorganize, or change the boundary of a school district pursuant to sections 275.12 through 275.18, 275.20, and 275.22, is approved by voters pursuant to section 275.18 prior to January 1, 2025, the change shall take effect on July 1 following the date of the reorganization election held pursuant to section 275.18.

Section 275.55, subsection 44, , Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:

((1) 1)The ql-e If the proposition was approved by voters pursuant to this section prior to January 11, , 2025, the attachment is effective July 1 following its approval.

(2) If the proposition was approved by voters pursuant to this section on or after January 11, , 2025, the attachment is effective July 1 in the calendar year immediately subsequent to the calendar year in which the attachment was approved.

If the dissolution proposal is for the dissolution of a school district with a certified enrollment of fewer than six hundred, the territory located in the school district that dissolved is eligible, if approved by the director of the department of education, for a reduction in the foundation property tax levy under section 257.3, subsection 11. .

This Act applies retroactively to January 11, , 2025.

i______________________________ ______________________________ AMY SINCLAIR PAT GRASSLEY Presiden`fPresident of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 171, Ninety-first General Assembly.

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CHARLES SMITHSON SecSecretary etaryof af the Senate Approvedfi"[V•Approved ,_______________, 2025 ______________________________ KIM REYNREYNOLDS Governor