281—95.1(19B) Definitions. The following definitions will be applied to the rules in this chapter:
“Affirmative action” means action appropriate to overcome the effects of past or present practices, policies, or other barriers to equal employment opportunity.
“Agency” means a local school district, an area education agency or a community college.
“Availability” means the extent to which members of a racial/ethnic group, women, men or persons with disabilities are present within the relevant labor market.
“Department” means the Iowa department of education.
“Director of education” means the director of the Iowa department of education.
“Equal employment opportunity” means equal access to employment, training and advancement, or employment benefits regardless of race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, national origin and disability.
“Metropolitan statistical area” means a large population nucleus (over 50,000 persons) and nearby communities which have a high degree of economic and social integration with that nucleus. Each area consists of one or more entire counties.
“Person with a disability” means any person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, has a record of such impairment or is regarded as having such an impairment, as defined in Iowa Code section 216.2.
“Racial/ethnic minority person” means any person who is African American, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaskan Native.
“Relevant labor market” means the geographic area in which an agency can reasonably be expected to recruit for a particular job category.
“Underrepresentation” means having fewer members of a racial/ethnic group, women, men or persons with disabilities in a particular job category than would be reasonably expected based on their availability in the relevant labor market.
“Work force” means an agency’s full-time and part-time employees.
[ARC 7430C, IAB 12/27/23, effective 1/31/24]