House Study Bill 659 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON JORGENSEN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to misconduct under the code of professional 1 conduct and ethics of the board of educational examiners and 2 making penalties applicable. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6153YC (2) 85 je/rj
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 272.2, Code 2014, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 19. Adopt rules to provide in the board’s 3 code of professional conduct and ethics that any licensee 4 of the board, who commits or solicits any sexual conduct 5 as defined in section 709.15, subsection 3, paragraph “a” , 6 subparagraph (2), or solicits, encourages, or consummates a 7 romantic relationship with any individual who was a student 8 within ninety days prior to any such conduct alleged in a 9 complaint initiated with the board, if the licensee taught the 10 individual or supervised the individual in any school activity 11 when the individual was a student, engages in unprofessional 12 and unethical conduct that may result in disciplinary action 13 by the board. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill requires the board of educational examiners to 18 adopt administrative rules to provide in the board’s code of 19 professional conduct and ethics that any licensee, who commits 20 or solicits any sexual conduct, or solicits, encourages, or 21 consummates a romantic relationship with any individual who was 22 a student within 90 days prior to any such conduct alleged in a 23 complaint initiated with the board, if the licensee taught the 24 individual or supervised the individual in any school activity 25 when the individual was a student, engages in unprofessional 26 and unethical conduct that may result in disciplinary action, 27 including suspension or revocation of a license. 28 -1- LSB 6153YC (2) 85 je/rj 1/ 1