A bill for an act relating to selection committees for presidents of regents institutions.(See SF 2359 .)

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BY

SWEENEY

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

selection

committees

for

presidents

of

1

regents

institutions.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

SHORT

TITLE.

This

Act

shall

be

known

and

may

be

1

cited

as

the

“University

President

Selection

Reform

Act”.

2

Sec.

2.

Section

262.9,

subsection

2,

paragraph

b,

Code

2026,

3

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

4

b.

(1)

When

electing

a

president

of

an

institution

of

5

higher

learning,

the

board

may

shall

use

a

presidential

6

selection

committee.

Only

members

of

the

board

shall

serve

as

7

voting

members

of

a

presidential

selection

the

committee.

The

8

committee

shall

recommend

the

most

well-qualified

candidates

9

considered

by

the

committee

to

the

board.

The

board

shall

10

only

elect

a

president

from

the

recommended

candidates.

The

11

committee

may

do

any

of

the

following

in

carrying

out

its

12

duties:

13

(a)

Contract

for

and

use

the

services

of

any

person

engaged

14

in

the

business

of

placing

highly

qualified

job

candidates

in

15

leadership

positions.

16

(b)

Use

moneys

allocated

to

the

committee

by

the

board.

17

(2)

The

identity

of

a

candidate

being

considered

by

the

18

committee

shall

be

confidential

for

purposes

of

chapter

22

and

19

shall

not

be

subject

to

public

disclosure

unless

the

identity

20

of

the

candidate

is

made

public

pursuant

to

the

terms

of

a

21

written

agreement

entered

into

between

all

members

of

the

22

committee

and

the

candidate.

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

Under

current

law,

the

state

board

of

regents

may

use

a

27

presidential

selection

committee

when

electing

a

president

of

28

an

institution

of

higher

learning

under

the

control

of

the

29

board.

Only

board

members

can

serve

as

voting

members

of

the

30

committee.

31

This

bill

requires

the

board

to

use

such

a

committee.

The

32

bill

provides

that

only

board

members

can

serve

as

members

33

of

the

committee.

The

committee

must

recommend

the

most

34

well-qualified

candidates

considered

by

the

committee

to

the

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board,

which

shall

only

elect

a

president

from

the

recommended

1

candidates.

2

The

bill

authorizes

a

committee

to

contract

for

and

use

3

the

services

of

any

person

engaged

in

the

business

of

placing

4

highly

qualified

job

candidates

in

leadership

positions

and

to

5

use

moneys

allocated

to

the

committee

by

the

board.

6

The

bill

provides

that

the

identity

of

a

candidate

being

7

considered

by

the

committee

shall

be

confidential

for

purposes

8

of

Code

chapter

22

(open

records)

and

shall

not

be

subject

to

9

public

disclosure

unless

the

identity

of

the

candidate

is

made

10

public

pursuant

to

the

terms

of

a

written

agreement.

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