The board of directors of a school district may employ for head coach of any interscholastic athletic activities or for assistant coach of any interscholastic athletic activity, an individual who possesses a coaching authorization issued by the board of educational examiners or possesses a teaching license with a coaching endorsement issued pursuant to chapter 272. However, a board of directors of a school district shall consider applicants with qualifications described below, in the following order of priority:
1. A qualified individual who possesses a valid teaching license with a proper coaching endorsement.
2. A qualified individual who possesses a coaching authorization issued by the board of educational examiners.
Qualifications are to be determined by the board of directors or their designee on a case-by-case basis.
An individual who has been issued a coaching authorization or who possesses a teaching license with a coaching endorsement but is not issued a teaching contract under section 279.13 and who is employed by the board of directors of a school district serves at the pleasure of the board of directors and is not subject to sections 279.13 through 279.19, and 279.27. Subsection 1 of section 279.19A applies to coaching authorizations.
84 Acts, ch 1296, § 2; 85 Acts, ch 49, §1; 88 Acts, ch 1284, § 46; 89 Acts, ch 265, § 35, 42; 93 Acts, ch 66, § 1, 2
Referred to in § 275.33
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