Senate
File
2152
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2152
BY
CAMPBELL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
provisions
related
to
the
executive
officers
1
of
the
boards
of
directors
of
school
districts.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.8,
subsection
1,
Code
2026,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
board
shall
make
rules
for
its
own
government
and
3
that
of
the
directors,
officers,
employees,
teachers
and
4
pupils,
and
for
the
care
of
the
schoolhouse,
grounds,
and
5
property
of
the
school
corporation,
and
shall
aid
in
the
6
enforcement
of
the
rules,
and
require
the
performance
of
duties
7
imposed
by
law
and
the
rules.
The
board
shall
annually
elect
a
8
chief
executive
officer
of
the
board,
and
the
superintendent
9
shall
not
serve
as
the
chief
executive
officer
of
the
board.
10
The
board
shall
include
in
its
rules
provisions
regulating
11
the
loading
and
unloading
of
pupils
from
a
school
bus
stopped
12
on
the
highway
during
a
period
of
reduced
highway
visibility
13
caused
by
fog,
snow
or
other
weather
conditions.
The
board
14
shall
have
the
authority
to
include
in
its
rules
provisions
15
allowing
school
corporation
employees
to
use
school
credit
16
cards
to
pay
for
the
actual
and
necessary
expenses
incurred
in
17
the
performance
of
work-related
duties.
18
Sec.
2.
Section
279.20,
subsection
1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
19
to
read
as
follows:
20
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
may
employ
21
a
superintendent
of
schools
for
a
term
of
not
to
exceed
22
three
years.
However,
the
board’s
initial
contract
with
a
23
superintendent
shall
not
exceed
one
year
if
the
board
is
24
obligated
to
pay
a
former
superintendent
under
an
unexpired
25
contract.
The
superintendent
shall
be
the
executive
officer
of
26
the
board
and
have
such
powers
and
duties
as
may
be
prescribed
27
by
rules
adopted
by
the
board
or
by
law.
Boards
of
directors
28
may
jointly
exercise
the
powers
conferred
by
this
section
.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
modifies
provisions
related
to
the
executive
33
officers
of
the
boards
of
directors
of
school
districts.
34
Current
law
provides
that
the
superintendent
of
a
school
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district
is
the
executive
officer
of
the
board
of
directors
of
1
the
school
district.
The
bill
strikes
this
provision.
The
2
bill
requires
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
to
3
annually
elect
a
chief
executive
officer
of
the
board
who
shall
4
not
be
the
superintendent.
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