House
Study
Bill
518
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HITE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
a
teacher’s
filing
of
a
written
resignation
1
with
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.13,
subsection
2,
Code
2022,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
a.
The
contract
shall
remain
in
force
and
effect
for
3
the
period
stated
in
the
contract
and
shall
be
automatically
4
continued
for
equivalent
periods
except
as
modified
or
5
terminated
by
mutual
agreement
of
the
board
of
directors
and
6
the
teacher
or
as
modified
or
terminated
in
accordance
with
7
the
provisions
specified
in
this
chapter
.
A
contract
shall
8
not
be
offered
by
the
employing
board
to
a
teacher
under
its
9
jurisdiction
prior
to
March
15
of
any
year.
10
b.
A
teacher
who
has
not
accepted
a
contract
for
the
11
ensuing
school
year
tendered
by
the
employing
board
may
resign
12
effective
at
the
end
of
the
current
school
year
by
filing
a
13
written
resignation
with
the
secretary
of
the
board.
The
14
resignation
must
be
filed
not
later
than
the
last
day
of
the
15
current
school
year
or
the
date
specified
by
the
employing
16
board
for
return
of
the
contract,
whichever
date
occurs
first.
17
However,
a
teacher
shall
not
be
required
to
return
a
contract
18
to
the
board
or
to
resign
less
than
twenty-one
days
after
the
19
contract
has
been
offered
The
teacher
shall
file
the
written
20
resignation
on
or
before
the
later
of
the
following:
21
(1)
The
date
specified
by
the
employing
board
.
22
(2)
June
30
of
the
current
school
year.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
relates
to
a
teacher’s
filing
of
a
written
27
resignation
with
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district.
28
Under
current
law,
a
teacher
who
has
not
accepted
a
contract
29
for
the
ensuing
school
year
may
resign
effective
at
the
end
of
30
the
current
school
year
by
filing
a
written
resignation
with
31
the
secretary
of
the
employing
board
not
later
than
the
last
32
day
of
the
current
school
year
or
the
date
specified
by
the
33
employing
board,
whichever
date
occurs
first.
Current
law
34
also
provides
that
a
teacher
shall
not
be
required
to
return
a
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contract
to
the
employing
board
or
to
resign
less
than
21
days
1
after
the
contract
has
been
offered.
2
The
bill
requires
that
the
teacher
file
the
written
3
resignation
on
or
before
the
date
specified
by
the
employing
4
board
or
June
30
of
the
current
school
year.
The
bill
strikes
5
the
provision
that
provides
that
a
teacher
shall
not
be
6
required
to
return
a
contract
to
the
employing
board
or
to
7
resign
less
than
21
days
after
the
contract
has
been
offered.
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