House File 2323 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2323 BY UPMEYER A BILL FOR An Act relating to consolidation of the operational functions 1 of the institutions of higher education governed by the 2 state board of regents. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5728YH (2) 83 kh/sc
H.F. 2323 Section 1. Section 262.12, Code 2009, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 262.12 Committees and administrative offices under board. 3 1. The state board of regents shall also have and exercise 4 all the powers necessary and convenient for the effective 5 administration of its office and of the institutions under 6 its control, and to this end may create such committees, 7 offices , and agencies from its own members or others, and 8 employ persons to staff the same , fix their staff compensation 9 and tenure and delegate thereto, or to the administrative 10 officers and faculty of the institutions under its control, 11 such part of the authority and duties vested by statute in the 12 board, and shall formulate and establish such rules, outline 13 such policies and prescribe such procedures therefor, all as 14 may be desired or determined by the board as recorded in their 15 minutes. 16 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the state board of regents 17 shall consolidate into one system all of the operational 18 functions of the institutions of higher education it governs, 19 including but not limited to communication and information 20 technology, personnel and fiscal management systems, and legal 21 services. This single system shall be administered by the 22 state board of regents and shall provide services uniformly 23 to all of the institutions of higher education governed 24 by the state board. An institution of higher education 25 governed by the state board of regents shall not administer 26 any of these operational services independently nor shall it 27 procure operational services from any entity unless the system 28 administered by the state board of regents does not offer 29 substantially the same service. 30 EXPLANATION 31 This bill directs the state board of regents to consolidate 32 into one system all of the operational functions of its 33 universities including but not limited to communications 34 and information technology, personnel and fiscal management 35 -1- LSB 5728YH (2) 83 kh/sc 1/ 2
H.F. 2323 systems, and legal services. The state board shall administer 1 the single system, which must provide services uniformly to 2 all of the universities. The universities are prohibited from 3 administering any of these services independently and from 4 procuring operational services from any entity unless the 5 regents’ system does not offer substantially the same service. 6 -2- LSB 5728YH (2) 83 kh/sc 2/ 2