HOUSE FILE 2040

BY  J. TAYLOR, WINDSCHITL, KAUFMANN, PETTENGILL, VANDER LINDEN, PAUSTIAN, KLEIN, SCHULTZ, HAGENOW, LOFGREN, MOORE, SWEENEY, MASSIE, and DE BOEF

A BILL FOR

An Act limiting area education agency administrator salaries. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 273.3, subsection 11, Code Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   11.  Employ personnel to carry out the functions of the area education agency which shall include the employment of an administrator who shall possess a license issued under chapter 272.
   a.  The administrator shall be employed pursuant to section 279.20 and sections 279.23, 279.24, and 279.25. The salary for an area education agency administrator shall be established by the board based upon the previous experience and education of the administrator, and shall not exceed the maximum salary of the governor of the state of Iowa fixed pursuant to section 7.8.
   b.  Section 279.13 applies to the area education agency board and to all teachers employed by the area education agency. Sections 279.23, 279.24, and 279.25 apply to the area education board and to all administrators employed by the area education agency.
EXPLANATION
   This bill limits the maximum salary of an area education agency administrator to not more than the salary fixed by the general assembly for the governor of the state.