260C.1 Statement of policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Iowa and the purpose of this chapter to provide for the establishment of not more than fifteen areas which shall include all of the area of the state and which may operate community colleges offering to the greatest extent […]
260C.11 Governing board. 1. The governing board of a merged area is a board of directors composed of one member elected from each director district in the area by the electors of the respective district. Members of the board shall be residents of the district from which elected. Successors shall be chosen at the regular […]
260C.12 Directors of merged area. 1. The board of directors of the merged area shall organize at the first regular meeting following the regular school election or at a special meeting called by the secretary of the board to organize the board in advance of the first regular meeting after the canvass for the regular […]
260C.13 Director districts. 1. The board of a merged area may change the number of directors on the board and shall make corresponding changes in the boundaries of director districts. Changes shall be completed not later than August 1 of the year of the regular school election. As soon as possible after adoption of the […]
260C.14 Authority of directors. The board of directors of each community college shall: 1. Determine the curriculum to be offered in such school or college subject to approval of the director and ensure that all career and technical education offerings are competency-based, provide any minimum competencies required by the department of education, comply with any […]
260C.14A Limitation on authority — nonprojectile high-voltage pulse weapons designed to immobilize. The board of directors of a community college shall comply with the requirements of section 724.8A regarding policies and rules relating to the carrying, transportation, or possession of a dangerous weapon that directs an electric current, impulse, wave, or beam that produces a […]
260C.15 Conduct of elections. 1. Regular elections held by the merged area for the election of members of the board of directors as required by section 260C.11 or for any other matter authorized by law and designated for election by the board of directors of the merged area shall be held on the date of […]
260C.16 Status of merged area. 1. A merged area formed under the provisions of this chapter shall be a body politic as a school corporation for the purpose of exercising powers granted under this chapter, and as such may sue and be sued, hold property, and exercise all the powers granted by law and such […]
260C.17 Preparation and approval of budget — tax. 1. The board of directors of each merged area shall prepare an annual budget designating the proposed expenditures for operation of the community college. The board shall further designate the amounts which are to be raised by local taxation and the amounts which are to be raised […]
260C.18 Other funds received. In addition to revenue derived by tax levy, a board of directors of a merged area shall be authorized to receive and expend: 1. Federal funds made available and administered by the director of the department of education, for purposes provided by federal laws, rules, and regulations. 2. Other federal funds […]
260C.18A Workforce training and economic development funds. 1. a. A workforce training and economic development fund is created for each community college. Moneys shall be deposited and expended from a fund as provided under this section. b. Moneys in the funds shall consist of any moneys appropriated by the general assembly and any other moneys […]
260C.18B Community college budget review. 1. a. A community college budget review procedure is established for the school budget review committee created in section 257.30. The school budget review committee, in addition to its duties under chapter 257, shall meet and hold hearings each year under this chapter to review unusual circumstances of community colleges, […]
260C.18C State aid distribution formula. 1. Purpose. A distribution plan for general state financial aid to Iowa’s community colleges is established for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2005, and succeeding fiscal years. Funds appropriated by the general assembly to the department for general financial aid to community colleges shall be allocated to each community […]
260C.18D Instructor salary distribution formula. 1. Distribution formula. Moneys appropriated by the general assembly to the department for community college instructor salaries shall be distributed among each community college based on the proportion that the number of full-time equivalent instructors employed by a community college bears to the sum of the number of full-time equivalent […]
260C.19 Acquisition of sites and buildings. Boards of directors of merged areas may acquire sites and erect and equip buildings for use by community colleges and may contract indebtedness and issue bonds to raise funds for such purposes. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §280A.19] 90 Acts, ch 1253, §30 C93, §260C.19 Referred to […]
260C.19A Motor vehicles required to operate on alternative fuels. 1. A motor vehicle purchased by or used under the direction of the board of directors to provide services to a merged area shall not operate on gasoline other than ethanol blended gasoline as defined in section 214A.1. The motor vehicle shall also be affixed with […]
260C.19B Purchase of biobased hydraulic fluids, greases, and other industrial lubricants. Hydraulic fluids, greases, and other industrial lubricants purchased by or used under the direction of the board of directors to provide services to a merged area shall be purchased in compliance with the preference requirements for purchasing biobased hydraulic fluids, greases, and other industrial […]
260C.19C Purchase of designated biobased products. The board of directors providing services to a merged area shall give preference to purchasing designated biobased products in the same manner as provided in section 8A.317. 2008 Acts, ch 1104, §4
260C.2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Community college” means a publicly supported school which may offer programs of adult and continuing education, lifelong learning, community education, and up to two years of liberal arts, preprofessional, or occupational instruction partially fulfilling the requirements for a baccalaureate degree but confers […]
260C.20 Payment of bonds. Taxes for the payment of bonds issued under section 260C.19 shall be levied in accordance with chapter 76. The bonds shall be payable from a fund created from the proceeds of the taxes in not more than twenty years and bear interest at a rate not exceeding the rate permitted by […]
