Bill Text: IA SF371 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to probationary periods for school district administrators.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-28 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. [SF371 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF371-Introduced.html
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BY
COURNOYER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
probationary
periods
for
school
district
1
administrators.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.24,
subsection
4,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
4.
Administrators
employed
in
a
school
district
for
3
less
than
three
two
consecutive
years
are
probationary
4
administrators.
However,
a
school
board
may
extend
the
5
probationary
period
for
an
additional
year
with
the
consent
of
6
the
administrator
and
may
waive
the
probationary
period
for
any
7
administrator
who
has
previously
served
a
probationary
period
8
in
another
school
district
.
If
a
school
board
determines
that
9
it
should
terminate
a
probationary
administrator’s
contract,
10
the
school
board
shall
notify
the
administrator
not
later
than
11
May
15
that
the
contract
will
not
be
renewed
beyond
the
current
12
year.
The
notice
shall
be
in
writing
by
letter,
personally
13
delivered,
or
mailed
by
certified
mail.
The
notification
14
shall
be
complete
when
received
by
the
administrator.
Within
15
ten
days
after
receiving
the
notice,
the
administrator
may
16
request
a
private
conference
with
the
school
board
to
discuss
17
the
reasons
for
termination.
The
school
board’s
decision
18
to
terminate
a
probationary
administrator’s
contract
shall
19
be
final
unless
the
termination
was
based
upon
an
alleged
20
violation
of
a
constitutionally
guaranteed
right
of
the
21
administrator.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
reduces,
from
three
years
to
two
years,
the
26
probationary
period
a
school
administrator
must
serve
and
27
authorizes
a
school
board
to
waive
the
probationary
period
for
28
an
administrator
who
previously
served
a
probationary
period
in
29
another
school
district.
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