HOUSE FILE 2053

BY  J. TAYLOR, MASSIE, DE BOEF, VANDER LINDEN, LOFGREN, PAUSTIAN, FRY, and SCHULTZ

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning payment of health insurance costs by school superintendents and area education agency administrators.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 279.20, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  If the school district provides health insurance coverage for the superintendent, the board of director’s contract with the superintendent shall provide that the superintendent pay from the salary of the superintendent at least twenty-five percent of the total monthly premium cost of the health insurance coverage provided.
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides that if a school district provides health insurance coverage for the school superintendent, the superintendent shall pay at least 25 percent of the total monthly premium cost of the health insurance provided from the salary of the superintendent. 
   Pursuant to Code section 273.3(11), the new subsection applies to administrators of area education agencies.