Bill Text: IA SF2388 | 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.(Formerly SF 2041.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-03-12 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 3-0. [SF2388 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF2388-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2388
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2041)
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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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
3
more
severance
payments,
a
statement
that
the
administrator
4
shall
not
receive
such
payments
if
the
contract
is
terminated
5
as
a
result
of
the
administrator
being
found
guilty
in
a
6
criminal
proceeding
on
a
charge
relating
to
the
administrator’s
7
official
duties
or
a
dereliction
thereof
for
which
the
period
8
for
appeal
has
passed,
other
than
a
proceeding
regarding
a
9
simple
misdemeanor
or
a
parking
violation
as
defined
in
section
10
321.210.
11
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
contracts
12
entered
into
pursuant
to
section
279.23,
or
continued
pursuant
13
to
section
279.24,
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
provides
that
if
an
employment
contract
between
18
a
school
board
and
an
administrator
provides
for
one
or
more
19
severance
payments,
the
contract
shall
contain
a
statement
20
that
the
administrator
shall
not
receive
such
payments
if
the
21
contract
is
terminated
as
a
result
of
the
administrator
being
22
found
guilty
in
a
criminal
proceeding
on
a
charge
relating
23
to
the
administrator’s
official
duties
or
a
dereliction
24
thereof
for
which
the
period
for
appeal
has
passed,
other
25
than
a
proceeding
regarding
a
simple
misdemeanor
or
a
parking
26
violation.
27
The
bill
applies
to
contracts
entered
into
or
continued
on
or
28
after
the
effective
date
of
the
bill.
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