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Notices must be provided to the public at least ten (10) and no more than twenty (20) days prior to the date of the hearing with date, time and location of the hearing.

Iowa Code Section 24.9

School district budgets must be filed by April 15 for the upcoming fiscal year that runs from July 1 to June 30.

Iowa Code Section 24.17

Protests to school budgets for the upcoming fiscal year that runs from July 1 to June 30 must be provided no later than April 25.

Iowa Code Section 24.27

Budget amendments for the current fiscal year that runs from July 1 to June 30 should be completed by May 31. Budgets may be amended after this deadline, but if the amendment is protested and properly appealed it is void.

Iowa Code Section 24.9

A proposed amendment of a local budget is subject to protest for ten days from the decision or order of the board of supervisors, city council, school board or other public body or corporation with the power to levy a tax.

Iowa Code Section 24.9

The department certifies taxes for the upcoming fiscal year which runs from July 1 to June 30 back to the county auditor by June 15.

Iowa Code Section 24.17

If a school district intends to include taxes for a new bond issue for the upcoming fiscal year that runs from July 1 to June 30, bond resolutions are due to the county auditor by May 3.

Where the PPEL is funded by a combination of property tax and income surtax, a sample ballot and abstract of votes for new or to continue a voter-approved physical plant and equipment levy (VPPEL) for the upcoming fiscal year are due to the department by April 15. If funded entirely by property taxes, a sample ballot and abstract of votes are due to the department by May 3.

Where a school district's instructional support levy has expired, and the school district intends to continue levy for the upcoming fiscal year, resolutions are due to the department by April 15.