House File 2128 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2128 BY J. TAYLOR , KLEIN , SCHULTZ , DE BOEF , PEARSON , FRY , MASSIE , PETTENGILL , BAUDLER , KAUFMANN , and BYRNES A BILL FOR An Act relating to salary increases for the presidents of the 1 institutions of higher learning governed by the state board 2 of regents and including effective date provisions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5402YH (3) 84 kh/rj
H.F. 2128 Section 1. Section 262.9, subsection 2, Code Supplement 1 2011, is amended to read as follows: 2 2. Elect a president of each of the institutions of higher 3 learning; a superintendent of each of the other institutions; 4 a treasurer and a secretarial officer for each institution 5 annually; professors, instructors, officers, and employees; and 6 fix their compensation. 7 a. The board shall not increase the compensation or benefits 8 paid or provided to any president of an institution of higher 9 learning for the fiscal year following a fiscal year during 10 which the board approved a tuition increase for any of the 11 institutions of higher learning. 12 b. Sections 279.12 through 279.19 and section 279.27 apply 13 to employees of the Iowa braille and sight saving school and 14 the state school for the deaf, who are licensed pursuant to 15 chapter 272 . In following those sections in chapter 279 , the 16 references to boards of directors of school districts shall be 17 interpreted to apply to the board of regents. 18 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 19 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 20 EXPLANATION 21 This bill prohibits the state board of regents from 22 increasing the compensation or benefits paid or provided to any 23 president of a regents university in the fiscal year following 24 a fiscal year during which the board increased the tuition at 25 any regents university. 26 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 27 -1- LSB 5402YH (3) 84 kh/rj 1/ 1