HF 2323 (LSB 5728YH (2) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2323

BY  UPMEYER

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to consolidation of the operational functions of the institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 262.12, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   262.12  Committees and administrative offices under board.
   1.  The state board of regents shall also have and exercise all the powers necessary and convenient for the effective administration of its office and of the institutions under its control, and to this end may create such committees, offices, and agencies from its own members or others, and employ persons to staff the same, fix their staff compensation and tenure and delegate thereto, or to the administrative officers and faculty of the institutions under its control, such part of the authority and duties vested by statute in the board, and shall formulate and establish such rules, outline such policies and prescribe such procedures therefor, all as may be desired or determined by the board as recorded in their minutes.
   2.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, the state board of regents shall consolidate into one system all of the operational functions of the institutions of higher education it governs, including but not limited to communication and information technology, personnel and fiscal management systems, and legal services. This single system shall be administered by the state board of regents and shall provide services uniformly to all of the institutions of higher education governed by the state board. An institution of higher education governed by the state board of regents shall not administer any of these operational services independently nor shall it procure operational services from any entity unless the system administered by the state board of regents does not offer substantially the same service.
EXPLANATION
   This bill directs the state board of regents to consolidate into one system all of the operational functions of its universities including but not limited to communications and information technology, personnel and fiscal management systems, and legal services. The state board shall administer the single system, which must provide services uniformly to all of the universities. The universities are prohibited from administering any of these services independently and from procuring operational services from any entity unless the regents’ system does not offer substantially the same service.