BUILDING INFORMATION
- – High School is 181,018 square feet
– Middle School is 111,000 square feet
– Hawthorne is 52,806 square feet
– George Washington is 28,100 square feet
– Torrence is 16,018 square feet
– Hitting Building is 8,960 square feet
– Maintenance building is 5,806 square feet
– KAME is 13,000 square feet
– Clinic Building is 9,800 square feet
– Central Office is 8,700 square feet
– Welding Shop is 5,280 square feet
– Lawn Mower Shed is 2,880 square feet
– Bus Garage is 4,160 square feet
– Bus Garage Wash Bay Building is 3,520 square feet
SENATE FILE (SF) 2368
Senate File (SF) 2368, enacted May 17, 2024 adds a reporting requirement for school districts and defines a hierarchy of accepting bids for sale of district property.
Reporting requirement:
This legislation requires each school district to post the following information on the district’s internet site beginning on July 1, 2024:
- – The square footage of each school building owned by the school district.
- – The enrollment capacity of each attendance center owned by the district.
- – How each school building owned by the district is currently utilized.
- – School buildings owned by the district that are vacant.
Hierarchy of accepting bids for sale of district property:
The legislation establishes Iowa Code section 297.24, which prohibits school districts from entering into an agreement that prohibits the sale of real property to an educational institution. If the district offers to sell real property that includes a building or structure and an educational institution submits the highest bid for the property, then the district is required to sell the property to the highest bidder. Educational institutions in this context are defined as a school district, nonpublic school, charter school, community college, state training school, and an accredited private postsecondary institution.