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