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Bills › 91st General Assembly

HF 585Died when the session ended · February 25, 2025

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

Sponsored by Rep. Mike Vondran (R)

Topics:K–12 education

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedFebruary 25, 2025
  2. Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
  3. Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, 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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Iowa Code it changes

Amends§279.23

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Lobbying

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Tried before

SF 2388Passed a chamber90th GASF 2041Renumbered90th GA

91st General Assembly

HF 585Cleared committee

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.

  • SF 2388 Relating to severance payments provided for in school administrator employment contracts a…
    90th General Assembly · Passed Senate · same title
    Passed a chamber
  • SF 2041 Relating to severance payments provided for in school administrator employment contracts a…
    90th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2388 · same title
    Cleared committee

Matched by wording or an identical title.