Powers and jurisdiction
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 608 F. Supp. 531 - Graham v. Central Community Sch. Dist. of Decatur (1985)
Most recently applied in Hawkeye Foodservice Distribution, Inc. v. Iowa Educators Corporation (February 2012)
[C51, §1108; R60, §2022, 2026; C73, §1713, 1716; C97, §2743; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4123; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §274.1]
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Each school district shall continue a body politic as a school corporation, unless changed as provided by law, and as such may sue and be sued, hold property, and exercise all the powers granted by law, and shall have exclusive jurisdiction in all school matters over the territory therein contained.
Right to bid under execution sale, §569.2
Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.