House File 139 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 139 BY KAUFMANN , GRASSLEY , LOFGREN , MOORE , KLEIN , BAUDLER , PETTENGILL , HEATON , L. MILLER , RAYHONS , FORRISTALL , ALONS , HUSEMAN , HAGENOW , CHAMBERS , BRANDENBURG , SCHULTE , SCHULTZ , S. OLSON , PAUSTIAN , HAGER , VANDER LINDEN , BYRNES , MASSIE , PEARSON , VAN ENGELENHOVEN , RASMUSSEN , ARNOLD , WORTHAN , FRY , SODERBERG , ROGERS , COWNIE , WAGNER , LUKAN , DOLECHECK , SANDS , WINDSCHITL , and JACOBY A BILL FOR An Act requiring faculty members of regents institutions and 1 community colleges charged with a crime to repay all salary 2 received during a paid leave of absence if convicted. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1551HH (3) 84 je/nh

H.F. 139 Section 1. Section 260C.14, Code 2011, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 23. Adopt rules requiring a faculty member 3 on a leave of absence with full or partial compensation because 4 the faculty member is charged with the commission of a public 5 offense classified as a felony, an aggravated misdemeanor, or 6 a serious misdemeanor to repay to the community college all 7 salary the faculty member received during the period of the 8 leave of absence if the faculty member is convicted of the 9 public offense. 10 Sec. 2. Section 262.9, Code 2011, is amended by adding the 11 following new subsection: 12 NEW SUBSECTION . 36. Require each of the institutions of 13 higher education governed by the board to adopt rules requiring 14 a faculty member on a leave of absence with full or partial 15 compensation because the faculty member is charged with the 16 commission of a public offense classified as a felony, an 17 aggravated misdemeanor, or a serious misdemeanor to repay to 18 the institution all salary the faculty member received during 19 the period of the leave of absence if the faculty member is 20 convicted of the public offense. 21 EXPLANATION 22 This bill requires regents institutions and community 23 colleges to adopt rules requiring a faculty member on a leave 24 of absence with full or partial compensation because the 25 faculty member is charged with the commission of a public 26 offense classified as a felony, an aggravated misdemeanor, or 27 a serious misdemeanor, to repay all salary the faculty member 28 received during the period of the leave of absence if the 29 faculty member is convicted of the public offense. 30 -1- LSB 1551HH (3) 84 je/nh 1/ 1