Relating to severance payments provided for in school administrator employment contracts and including applicability provisions

Sponsored by the Senate Education Committee

Topics:K–12 education

Same legislation: SF 2041

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2024
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2024
Done: Senate committeeFebruary 19, 2024
Done: Passes the SenateFebruary 28, 202447–0
Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
Next: Passes the House
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

AI summary School boards and administrators must include a specific rule in their employment contracts regarding severance pay. If an administrator is found guilty of a crime related to their job duties, they will no longer be eligible to receive those extra payments. This rule does not apply to simple misdemeanors or parking tickets.¹

Read the official explanation

This bill provides that if an employment contract between a school board and an administrator provides for one or more severance payments, the contract shall contain a statement that the administrator shall not receive such payments if the contract is terminated as a result of the administrator being found guilty in a criminal proceeding on a charge relating to the administrator’s official duties or a dereliction thereof for which the period for appeal has passed, other than a proceeding regarding a simple misdemeanor or a parking violation. The bill applies to contracts entered into or continued on or after the effective date of the bill.

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House subcommittee

Named March 7, 2024. On March 12, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.

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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§279.23

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Lobbying

2 for · 3 against · 7 undecided · Who →

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90th General Assembly

SF 2041Renumbered SF 2388Passed a chamberfrom SF 2041

Picked up later

HF 585Cleared committee91st GA

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