2025 Session
Last amended: 1998 session
§ 123A.43 — Reports to Department of Education
Plain-Language Summary
This section allows the Commissioner of Education to order school district consolidation in certain situations, such as when a district can no longer provide an adequate education program.
123A.43 REPORTS TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Cooperating districts may submit joint reports and jointly provide information required by the department. The joint reports must allow information to be attributed to each district. A combined district must report and provide information as a single unit.
History:
1989 c 329 art 6 s 12; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1998 c 397 art 5 s 44,104
History: History: 1989 c 329 art 6 s 12; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1998 c 397 art 5 s 44,104
Practical Notes
The Commissioner of Education can require districts to consolidate if they cannot meet educational standards. This is a last resort used when voluntary cooperation has not worked.