Sioux City Community School District v. Iowa State Board of Public Instruction

NEUMAN, Justice.

In this appeal we are asked to consider the scope of a school district’s authority to contract for health insurance benefits for its employees. The district court, affirming a decision by the Iowa State Board of Public Instruction (BPI), held that the language of Iowa Code section 509A.6 (1983) limits the entities with whom a school district may contract for such benefits. Appellant Sioux City Community School District (district) argues that section 509A.6 prescribes only what a school district may do in the absence of “mutual agreement” with its employees. We affirm the…