270.10 - MERGER REQUIREMENTS.
270.10 MERGER REQUIREMENTS.
The state board of regents shall not merge the school for the deaf
at Council Bluffs with the Iowa braille and sight saving school at
Vinton or close either of those institutions until all of the
following requirements have been met:
1. The department of management has presented to the general
assembly a comprehensive plan, program, and fiscal analysis of the
existing circumstances and the circumstances which would prevail upon
the proposed merger or closing, together with data which would
support the contention that the merger or closing will be more
efficient and effective than continuation of the existing facilities.
The analysis shall include a detailed study of the educational
implications of the merger or closing, the impact on the students,
and the opinions and research of nationally recognized experts in the
field of the education of visually impaired and deaf students. The
comprehensive plan shall further include a study relating to the
programming, fiscal consequences, and political implications which
would result if either a merger or an agreement under chapter 28E
should be implemented between the school for the deaf in Council
Bluffs and comparable state programs in the state of Nebraska.
2. The general assembly has studied the plans, programs, and
fiscal analysis and has reviewed their impact on the programs.
3. The general assembly has enacted legislation authorizing
either the closing or the merger to take effect not sooner than two
years after the enactment of the legislation. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1246, § 132