279.12 Contracts — teachers — insurance — educational leave.
1. The board shall carry into effect any instruction from the regular election upon matters within the control of the voters, and shall elect all teachers and make all contracts necessary or proper for exercising the powers granted and performing the duties required by law, and may establish and pay all or any part thereof from school district funds the cost of group health insurance plans, nonprofit group hospital service plans, nonprofit group medical service plans, and group life insurance plans adopted by the board for the benefit of employees of the school district, but the board may authorize any subdirector to employ teachers for the school in the subdirector’s subdistrict; but no such employment by a subdirector shall authorize a contract, the entire period of which is wholly beyond the subdirector’s term of office.
2. The board may enter into an agreement pursuant to chapter 28E with another school district or an area education agency for the purpose of jointly procuring a group health insurance plan, nonprofit group hospital service plan, nonprofit group medical service plan, or group life insurance plan for the benefit of the districts or agencies which are parties to the agreement. Such plan may include a cafeteria plan as defined in
26 C.F.R. §1.125-2T
. An agreement entered into pursuant to this subsection shall not be construed to establish a multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined in section 3 of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. §1002, paragraph 40.
3. The board may approve a policy for educational leave for licensed school employees and for reimbursement for tuition paid by licensed school employees for courses approved by the board. The board of directors of a community college may approve a policy for educational leave for its instructors and for reimbursement for tuition paid by its instructors for courses approved by the board. For the purpose of this section, “educational leave” means a leave granted to an employee for the purpose of study including study in areas outside of a teacher’s area of specialization, travel, or other reasons deemed by the board to be of value to the school system.
[C73, §1723, 1757; C97, §2778; SS15, §2778; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4228; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §279.12]
89 Acts, ch 265, §40; 95 Acts, ch 22, §1; 2002 Acts, ch 1047, §13, 20; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Referred to in §262.9, 272.15, 273.22, 275.33
Structure Iowa Code
Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 279 - DIRECTORS — POWERS AND DUTIES
Section 279.1 - Organization — student improvement oversight.
Section 279.2 - Special meetings.
Section 279.3 - Appointment of secretary and treasurer.
Section 279.5 - Temporary officers.
Section 279.6 - Vacancies — qualification — tenure.
Section 279.7 - Vacancies filled by special election — qualification — tenure.
Section 279.7A - Interest in public contracts prohibited — exceptions.
Section 279.8 - General rules — bonds of employees.
Section 279.8A - Traffic and parking.
Section 279.8B - Petition — school board meeting agenda — public comment.
Section 279.9 - Use of tobacco, alcoholic beverages, or controlled substances.
Section 279.9A - Student transfers — information sharing.
Section 279.9B - Reports to juvenile authorities.
Section 279.10 - School year — beginning date — exemption.
Section 279.11 - Number of schools — attendance — terms — classroom assignment.
Section 279.12 - Contracts — teachers — insurance — educational leave.
Section 279.14 - Evaluation criteria and procedures.
Section 279.14A - Practitioner performance improvement program.
Section 279.15 - Notice of termination — request for hearing.
Section 279.16 - Private hearing — decision — record.
Section 279.17 - Appeal by teacher to adjudicator.
Section 279.18 - Appeal by teacher to court.
Section 279.19 - Probationary period.
Section 279.19A - Extracurricular contracts.
Section 279.19B - Coaching endorsement and authorization.
Section 279.20 - Superintendent — term — employment of support personnel.
Section 279.22 - Residence of employees.
Section 279.23 - Continuing contract for administrators.
Section 279.23A - Evaluation criteria and procedures.
Section 279.24 - Contract with administrators — automatic continuation or termination.
Section 279.25 - Discharge of administrator.
Section 279.26 - Lease arrangements.
Section 279.27 - Discharge of teacher.
Section 279.28 - Insurance — supplies — textbooks.
Section 279.29 - Claims — investments.
Section 279.30 - Payments — exceptions.
Section 279.31 - Settlement with treasurer.
Section 279.32 - Compensation of officers.
Section 279.33 - Annual settlements.
Section 279.34 - Motor vehicles required to operate on ethanol blended gasoline.
Section 279.35 - Publication of proceedings.
Section 279.36 - Publication procedures and fee.
Section 279.37 - Employment of counsel.
Section 279.38 - Membership in association of school boards — audit.
Section 279.38A - Membership in other organizations— reporting requirements.
Section 279.39 - School buildings.
Section 279.41 - Schoolhouses and sites sold — funds.
Section 279.42 - Gifts to schools.
Section 279.43 - Reporting inappropriate teaching assignments.
Section 279.44 - Energy audits.
Section 279.45 - Administrative expenditures.
Section 279.46 - Retirement incentives — tax.
Section 279.47 - Telecommunications — participation by school districts in database development.
Section 279.48 - Equipment purchase.
Section 279.49 - Child care programs.
Section 279.50 - Human growth and development instruction.
Section 279.50A - Educational standards — agreements for mathematics and science units.
Section 279.51 - Programs for at-risk children.
Section 279.51A - Classroom environment — behavioral challenges — reports of violence or assault.
Section 279.52 - Optional funding of asbestos projects.
Section 279.53 - Loan proceeds.
Section 279.54 - School district income surtax.
Section 279.55 - Teacher exchange program.
Section 279.56 - Board participation.
Section 279.57 - Period of exchange.
Section 279.58 - School dress code policies.
Section 279.59 - Access by associations.
Section 279.60 - Assessments — access to data — reports.
Section 279.61 - Individual career and academic plan — report.
Section 279.62 - Nonprofit school organizations.
Section 279.63 - Financial report.
Section 279.64 - Tax-sharing agreements.
Section 279.66 - Discipline and personal conduct standards.
Section 279.67 - Competitive living wage.
Section 279.68 - Student progression — intensive reading instruction — reporting requirements.
Section 279.69 - School employees — background investigations.
Section 279.71 - Student online personal information protection.
Section 279.72 - Training on dyslexia.
Section 279.73 - Intellectual freedom — protection — complaints.
Section 279.74 - Training and curriculum prohibited — specific defined concepts.