260C.13 - DIRECTOR DISTRICTS.
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
June 1 of the year of the regular school election. As soon as
possible after adoption of the boundary changes, notice of changes in
the director district boundaries shall be submitted by the merged
area to the county commissioner of elections in all counties included
in whole or in part in the merged area.
2. The board of the merged area shall redraw boundary lines of
director districts in the merged area after each census to compensate
for changes in population if changes in population have taken place.
3. Boundary lines of director districts shall be drawn according
to the following standards:
a. All boundaries shall follow precinct boundaries or school
director district boundaries unless a merged area director district
boundary follows the boundary of a school district which divides one
or more election precincts.
b. To the extent possible in order to comply with paragraph
"a", all districts shall be as nearly equal as practicable to the
ideal population for the districts as determined by dividing the
number of districts to be established into the population of the
merged area.
c. All districts shall be composed of contiguous territory as
compact as practicable.
d. Consideration shall not be given to the addresses of
incumbent officeholders, political affiliations of registered voters,
previous election results, or demographic information other than
population head counts, except as required by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States.
e. Cities shall not be divided into two or more districts
unless the population of the city is greater than the ideal size of a
district. Cities shall be divided into the smallest number of
districts possible.
4. If more than one incumbent officeholder resides in a district
redrawn during reprecincting, their terms of office expire after the
next regular school election. Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, § 280A.23(2); C79, § 280A.28, 280A.30; C81,
§ 280A.28, 280A.29; 82 Acts, ch 1136, § 9] Section History: Recent Form
C83, § 280A.13
C93, § 260C.13
94 Acts, ch 1179, §14, 15; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, § 4, 21
Referred to in § 39.24