Iowa § 282.20 - 282.20 Tuition fees — payment.
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§ 282.20. 282.20 Tuition fees — payment.
1. The school corporation in which the student resides shall pay from the general fund to the secretary of the corporation in which the student is permitted to enroll, a tuition fee as prescribed in section 282.24. 2. It shall be unlawful for any school district to rebate to any pupils or their parents, directly or indirectly, any portion of the tuition collected or to be collected or to authorize or permit such pupils to receive at the expense of the district, directly or indirectly, any special compensation, benefit, privilege, or other thing of value that is not and cannot legally be made available to all other pupils enrolled in its schools. Any superintendent or board members responsible for this unlawful act shall each be personally liable for payment of a fine in an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars. Action to recover the penalty or action to enjoin the unlawful act may be instituted by the board of any school district or by a taxpayer in any school district. 3. On or before February 15 and July 15 of each year the secretary of the creditor district shall deliver to the secretary of the debtor district an itemized statement of such tuition fees. [SS15, §2733-1a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4277; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.20] 83 Acts, ch 31, §6; 2013 Acts, ch 88, §20; 2023 Acts, ch 66, §55 Referred to in §256E.8, 282.18 Thu Dec 11 19:29:21 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 282.20 (23, 0)
Source: official Iowa text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 282.20 ("282.20 Tuition fees — payment.") is part of the Iowa Code, the codified statutory law of Iowa. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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