House File 876 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 224)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing a sensitivity training program for heads of
  2    state agencies.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2045HV 82
  5 ec/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  19B.13  SENSITIVITY TRAINING
  1  2 PROGRAM.
  1  3    The department of human rights, in consultation with the
  1  4 department of administrative services and the civil rights
  1  5 commission, shall develop a sensitivity program for state
  1  6 agency heads and deputies to examine issues involving racism,
  1  7 diversity, and civil liberties, and their impact on the work
  1  8 environment.  The program shall explore strategies for state
  1  9 agency heads and deputies to help people from diverse
  1 10 backgrounds and life experiences within the agency to
  1 11 understand each other and work together.  Each state agency
  1 12 head and deputy shall be required to attend the program upon
  1 13 appointment or hire to the position and every four years
  1 14 thereafter.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill requires the department of human rights, in
  1 17 consultation with the department of administrative services
  1 18 and the civil rights commission, to develop a sensitivity
  1 19 program for state agency heads and deputies involving issues
  1 20 relative to racism, diversity, and civil liberties.  The bill
  1 21 requires each state agency head and deputy to attend the
  1 22 program upon appointment or hire to the position and every
  1 23 four years thereafter.
  1 24 LSB 2045HV 82
  1 25 ec:nh/es/88