Bill Text: IA SF2203 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to meetings of the boards of directors of school districts and including effective date provisions.(See SF 2357.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-21 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2357. S.J. 351. [SF2203 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF2203-Introduced.html
Senate
File
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
GOODWIN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
meetings
of
the
boards
of
directors
of
1
school
districts
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.1A
Meetings
of
the
board
of
1
directors
of
a
school
district.
2
1.
All
regular
and
special
meetings
of
the
board
of
3
directors
of
a
school
district
shall
be
held
in
person.
4
2.
A
member
of
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
5
shall
not
attend
or
participate
in
a
regular
or
special
meeting
6
of
the
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district
by
means
of
7
remote
communication
unless
the
member
is
not
able
to
attend
or
8
participate
in
person
due
to
illness
or
injury.
9
3.
A
member
of
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
10
shall
vote
either
yea
or
nay
on
all
matters
before
the
board
11
of
directors
of
the
school
district
unless
the
member
has
a
12
conflict
of
interest.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
279.4,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
14
follows:
15
279.4
Quorum.
16
A
majority
of
the
members
of
the
board
of
directors
of
any
17
school
corporation
present
in
person
shall
constitute
a
quorum
18
for
the
transaction
of
business,
but
a
less
number
may
adjourn
19
from
time
to
time.
20
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
21
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
relates
to
meetings
of
the
boards
of
directors
of
26
school
districts.
27
The
bill
requires
all
regular
and
special
meetings
of
the
28
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
to
be
held
in
person.
29
The
bill
prohibits
a
member
of
the
board
of
directors
from
30
attending
or
participating
in
a
regular
or
special
meeting
of
31
the
board
of
directors
by
means
of
remote
communication
unless
32
the
member
is
not
able
to
attend
or
participate
in
person
due
33
to
illness
or
injury.
The
bill
requires
a
member
of
the
board
34
of
directors
to
vote
yea
or
nay
on
all
matters
before
the
board
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of
directors
unless
the
member
has
a
conflict
of
interest.
1
The
bill
provides
that
a
majority
of
the
members
of
the
board
2
of
directors
present
in
person
shall
constitute
a
quorum
for
3
the
transaction
of
business.
4
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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