Bill Text: IA SF134 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the discontinuance of a teacher contract by the board of directors of a school district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [SF134 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF134-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
134
BY
McKINLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
discontinuance
of
a
teacher
contract
by
1
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
273.3,
subsection
11,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
11.
Employ
personnel
to
carry
out
the
functions
of
the
3
area
education
agency
which
shall
include
the
employment
of
an
4
administrator
who
shall
possess
a
license
issued
under
chapter
5
272
.
The
administrator
shall
be
employed
pursuant
to
section
6
279.20
and
sections
279.23
,
279.24
,
and
279.25
.
The
salary
for
7
an
area
education
agency
administrator
shall
be
established
8
by
the
board
based
upon
the
previous
experience
and
education
9
of
the
administrator.
Section
279.13
applies
,
subsections
1,
10
2,
3,
and
5,
apply
to
the
area
education
agency
board
and
to
11
all
teachers
employed
by
the
area
education
agency.
Sections
12
279.23
,
279.24
,
and
279.25
apply
to
the
area
education
board
13
and
to
all
administrators
employed
by
the
area
education
14
agency.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
279.16,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
the
16
following
new
subsection:
17
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
11.
Notwithstanding
sections
279.17
and
18
279.18,
during
each
school
year,
the
board
of
directors
of
19
a
school
district
may
vote
to
discontinue
teacher
contracts
20
in
an
amount
equivalent
to
one
percent
of
the
total
number
21
of
teaching
contracts
the
school
district
entered
during
the
22
previous
school
year,
rounded
to
one
or
to
the
nearest
whole
23
number
of
teacher
contracts,
whichever
is
greater.
The
board’s
24
action
shall
be
final
and
binding
and
sections
20.18,
279.17,
25
and
279.18
shall
not
apply
unless
the
discontinuance
was
based
26
on
an
alleged
violation
of
a
constitutionally
guaranteed
right
27
of
the
teacher
or
an
alleged
violation
of
public
employee
28
rights
of
the
teacher
under
section
20.10.
Notwithstanding
29
subsection
4,
this
subsection
does
not
apply
to
community
30
colleges
or
individuals
employed
by
a
community
college.
31
Sec.
3.
Section
279.17,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
32
to
read
as
follows:
33
1.
If
the
teacher
is
no
longer
a
probationary
teacher,
the
34
teacher
may,
except
as
provided
in
section
279.16,
subsection
35
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11,
within
ten
days,
appeal
the
determination
of
the
board
to
1
an
adjudicator
by
filing
a
notice
of
appeal
with
the
secretary
2
of
the
board.
The
notice
of
appeal
shall
contain
a
concise
3
statement
of
the
action
which
is
the
subject
of
the
appeal,
the
4
particular
board
action
appealed
from,
the
grounds
on
which
5
relief
is
sought
and
the
relief
sought.
6
Sec.
4.
Section
279.19,
unnumbered
paragraph
2,
Code
2011,
7
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
In
the
case
of
the
termination
of
a
probationary
teacher’s
9
contract,
the
provisions
of
sections
279.15
and
279.16
10
shall
apply.
However,
if
the
probationary
teacher
is
a
11
beginning
teacher
who
fails
to
demonstrate
competence
in
the
12
Iowa
teaching
standards
in
accordance
with
chapter
284
,
the
13
provisions
of
sections
279.17
and
279.18
shall
also
apply
14
except
as
provided
in
section
279.16,
subsection
11
.
15
EXPLANATION
16
This
bill
authorizes
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
17
district,
during
each
school
year,
to
vote
to
discontinue
18
teacher
contracts
in
an
amount
equivalent
to
one
percent
of
19
the
total
number
of
teaching
contracts
the
school
district
20
entered
during
the
previous
school
year,
rounded
to
the
nearest
21
whole
number
of
teacher
contracts.
The
board’s
action
shall
be
22
final
and
binding
and
the
grievance
procedures
negotiated
under
23
collective
bargaining
do
not
apply,
nor
may
the
teacher
appeal
24
the
action
to
an
adjudicator
or
the
district
court
unless
25
the
discontinuance
was
based
on
an
alleged
violation
of
a
26
constitutionally
guaranteed
right
of
the
teacher
or
an
alleged
27
violation
of
public
employee
rights
of
the
teacher.
28
The
provisions
do
not
apply
to
community
colleges
or
area
29
education
agencies
or
to
the
individuals
they
employ.
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