House
File
493
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
493
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
139)
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:
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493
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
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