House File 493 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 493 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 139) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 14, 2011 ) A BILL FOR An Act requiring faculty members of regents institutions and 1 community colleges and teachers employed by school districts 2 charged with a crime to repay all salary received during a 3 paid leave of absence if convicted. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 HF 493 (4) 84 je/nh/mb
H.F. 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 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 279.68 Leave of absence for charge of 22 a crime —— salary repayment. 23 A teacher on a leave of absence with full or partial 24 compensation because the teacher is charged with the commission 25 of a public offense classified as a felony, an aggravated 26 misdemeanor, or a serious misdemeanor shall repay to the school 27 district employing the teacher all salary the teacher received 28 during the period of the leave of absence if the teacher is 29 convicted of the public offense. 30 -1- HF 493 (4) 84 je/nh/mb 1/ 1