Senate File 2152 - 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: 3 TLSB 5320XS (1) 91 jda/jh
S.F. 2152 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 35 -1- LSB 5320XS (1) 91 jda/jh 1/ 2
S.F. 2152 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. 5 -2- LSB 5320XS (1) 91 jda/jh 2/ 2