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A bill for an act requiring school employees to be put on administrative leave in certain specified circumstances.(See SF 518 .)

A bill for an act requiring school employees to be put on administrative leave in certain specified circumstances.(See SF 518 .)

Education Labor
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
EVANS
Last action
2025-03-05
Official status
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 518 . S.J. 423 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act requiring school employees to be put on administrative leave in certain specified circumstances.(See SF 518 .)

A bill for an act requiring school employees to be put on administrative leave in certain specified circumstances.(See SF 518 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act requiring school employees to be put on administrative leave in certain specified circumstances.(See SF 518 .)

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 518 . S.J. 423 .

  2. 2025-03-03 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.

  3. 2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/26/2025 4:00PM Room 315.

  4. 2025-02-24 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Campbell, Pike, and Winckler. S.J. 342 .

  5. 2025-02-19 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Education. S.J. 309 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act requiring school employees to be put on administrative leave in certain specified circumstances.(See SF 518 .)

Current Bill Text

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Introduced

SENATE

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BY

EVANS

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

requiring

school

employees

to

be

put

on

administrative

1

leave

in

certain

specified

circumstances.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

256E.7,

subsection

2,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

2

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

0t.

Be

subject

to

and

comply

with

the

3

requirements

of

section

280.36

relating

to

placing

certain

4

specified

employees

on

administrative

leave

in

the

same

manner

5

as

a

school

district.

6

Sec.

2.

Section

256F.4,

subsection

2,

Code

2025,

is

amended

7

by

adding

the

following

new

paragraph:

8

NEW

PARAGRAPH

.

r.

Be

subject

to

and

comply

with

the

9

requirements

of

section

280.36

relating

to

placing

certain

10

specified

employees

on

administrative

leave

in

the

same

manner

11

as

a

school

district.

12

Sec.

3.

NEW

SECTION

.

280.36

Administrative

leave.

13

1.

The

board

of

directors

of

each

school

district

and

the

14

authorities

in

charge

of

each

accredited

nonpublic

school

shall

15

immediately

place

an

employee

on

administrative

leave

if

any

16

of

the

following

apply:

17

a.

The

employee

has

a

case

pending

before

the

board

of

18

educational

examiners

related

to

the

abuse

of

a

child

with

a

19

finding

of

probable

cause.

20

b.

While

employed

by

the

school

district

or

accredited

21

nonpublic

school,

the

employee

was

involved

in

any

criminal

22

or

civil

action

in

which

a

court

found

that

the

employee

was

23

negligent,

and

the

school

district

or

accredited

nonpublic

24

school

is

investigating

the

employee’s

actions.

25

2.

An

employee

placed

on

administrative

leave

pursuant

to

26

subsection

1

must

remain

on

administrative

leave

until

the

27

case

before

the

board

of

educational

examiners

or

the

school

28

district’s

or

accredited

nonpublic

school’s

investigation

is

29

complete.

30

EXPLANATION

31

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

32

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

33

This

bill

requires

school

districts,

accredited

nonpublic

34

schools,

charter

schools,

and

innovation

zone

schools

to

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immediately

place

an

employee

on

administrative

leave

if

the

1

employee

has

a

case

pending

before

the

board

of

educational

2

examiners

(BOEE)

related

to

the

abuse

of

a

child

with

a

finding

3

of

probable

cause,

or

if,

while

employed

by

the

school,

the

4

employee

was

involved

in

any

criminal

or

civil

action

in

which

5

a

court

found

that

the

employee

was

negligent

and

the

school

6

is

investigating

the

employee’s

actions.

An

employee

placed

7

on

administrative

leave

pursuant

to

the

bill’s

provisions

must

8

remain

on

administrative

leave

until

the

case

before

the

BOEE

9

or

the

school’s

investigation

is

complete.

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