House File 226 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  GRASSLEY and KAUFMANN


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to salary and tuition increases for individuals
  2    at community colleges and institutions of higher education
  3    governed by the state board of regents.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1603YH 83
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 260C.14, subsection 8, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    8.  Set the salary of the area superintendent.  In setting
  1  4 the salary, the board shall consider the salaries of
  1  5 administrators of educational institutions in the merged area
  1  6 and the enrollment of the community college.  However, for the
  1  7 fiscal year for which the board approves a tuition increase
  1  8 pursuant to subsection 2, the salary of the area
  1  9 superintendent shall not be increased by the board.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 262.9, subsection 2, Code 2009, is amended
  1 11 to read as follows:
  1 12    2.  Elect a president of each of the institutions of higher
  1 13 learning; a superintendent of each of the other institutions;
  1 14 a treasurer and a secretarial officer for each institution
  1 15 annually; professors, instructors, officers, and employees;
  1 16 and fix their compensation.  However, for the fiscal year for
  1 17 which the board approves a tuition increase for an institution
  1 18 of higher learning under its control pursuant to subsection
  1 19 18, paragraph "a", the salary of the president of the
  1 20 institution shall not be increased by the board.  Sections
  1 21 279.12 through 279.19 and section 279.27 apply to employees of
  1 22 the Iowa braille and sight saving school and the state school
  1 23 for the deaf, who are licensed pursuant to chapter 272.  In
  1 24 following those sections in chapter 279, the references to
  1 25 boards of directors of school districts shall be interpreted
  1 26 to apply to the board of regents.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill provides that if the board of directors of a
  1 29 community college or the state board of regents approves an
  1 30 increase in the tuition for a community college or regents
  1 31 university, that board is prohibited from increasing the
  1 32 salary of the merged area superintendent or the university's
  1 33 president, as applicable, for the same fiscal year for which
  1 34 the board approved the tuition increase.
  1 35 LSB 1603YH 83
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