Bill Text: IA SF2041 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to severance payments provided for in school administrator employment contracts and including applicability provisions.(See SF 2388.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-19 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2388. S.J. 337. [SF2041 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF2041-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2041
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2041
BY
COURNOYER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
severance
payments
provided
for
in
1
school
administrator
employment
contracts
and
including
2
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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2041
Section
1.
Section
279.23,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0e.
If
the
contract
provides
for
one
or
more
3
severance
payments,
a
statement
that
the
administrator
shall
4
not
receive
such
payments
if
the
contract
is
terminated
as
a
5
result
of
the
administrator
being
found
liable
in
a
criminal,
6
civil,
or
administrative
proceeding
for
which
the
period
for
7
appeal
has
passed,
other
than
a
proceeding
regarding
a
simple
8
misdemeanor
or
a
parking
violation
as
defined
in
section
9
321.210.
10
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
contracts
11
entered
into
pursuant
to
section
279.23,
or
continued
pursuant
12
to
section
279.24,
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
provides
that
if
an
employment
contract
between
17
a
school
board
and
an
administrator
provides
for
one
or
more
18
severance
payments,
the
contract
shall
contain
a
statement
19
that
the
administrator
shall
not
receive
such
payments
if
20
the
contract
is
terminated
as
a
result
of
the
administrator
21
being
found
liable
in
a
criminal,
civil,
or
administrative
22
proceeding
for
which
the
period
for
appeal
has
passed,
other
23
than
a
proceeding
regarding
a
simple
misdemeanor
or
a
parking
24
violation.
25
The
bill
applies
to
contracts
entered
into
or
continued
on
or
26
after
the
effective
date
of
the
bill.
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