256F.7  Employment and related matters.
  1.  A charter school or the boards participating in an innovation zone consortium shall employ or contract with necessary teachers and administrators, as defined in section 272.1, who hold a valid license with an endorsement for the type of service for which the teacher or administrator is employed.
  2.  The school board or innovation zone consortium, as specified in the application, in consultation with the advisory council, shall decide matters related to the operation of the charter school or innovation zone school, including budgeting, curriculum, and operating procedures.
  3.  a.  Employees of a charter school shall be considered employees of the school district.
  b.  Employees of an innovation zone school shall be considered employees of a board participating in the innovation zone consortium.
2002 Acts, ch 1124, §7, 16; 2003 Acts, ch 79, §7, 8; 2010 Acts, ch 1001, §18