Board Policies
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Board Policies
- 100 Series: The School District
- 200 Series: Board of Directors
- 300 Series: Administration
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400 Series: Employees
- 400
- 401.1
- 401.2
- 401.3
- 401.4
- 401.5
- 401.6
- 401.7
- 401.8
- 401.9
- 401.10
- 401.11
- 401.12
- 401.13
- 402.1
- 402.2
- 402.3
- 402.4
- 402.5
- 402.6
- 403.1
- 403.2
- 403.3
- 403.4
- 403.5
- 403.6
- 403.7
- 404
- 404.1
- 404.2
- 404.3
- 404.4
- 405.1
- 405.2
- 405.3
- 405.4
- 405.5
- 405.6
- 405.7
- 405.8
- 405.9
- 406.1
- 406.2
- 406.3
- 406.4
- 406.5
- 406.6
- 407.1
- 407.2
- 407.3
- 407.4
- 407.5
- 407.6
- 408.1
- 408.2
- 408.3
- 409.1
- 409.2
- 409.3
- 409.4
- 409.5
- 409.6
- 409.7
- 409.8
- 410.1
- 410.2
- 410.3
- 410.4
- 411.1
- 411.2
- 411.3
- 411.4
- 411.5
- 411.6
- 411.7
- 411.8
- 412.1
- 412.2
- 412.3
- 412.4
- 413.1
- 413.2
- 413.3
- 413.4
- 413.5
- 413.6
- 414.1
- 414.2
- 414.3
- 414.4
- 414.5
- 414.6
- 414.7
- 414.8
- 414.9
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500 Series: Students
- 500
- 501.1
- 501.2
- 501.3
- 501.4
- 501.5
- 501.6
- 501.7
- 501.8
- 501.9
- 501.10
- 501.11
- 501.12
- 501.13
- 501.14
- 501.15
- 501.16
- 502.1
- 502.2
- 502.3
- 502.4
- 502.5
- 502.6
- 502.7
- 502.8
- 502.9
- 502.10
- 503.1
- 503.2
- 503.3
- 503.4
- 503.5
- 504.1
- 504.2
- 504.3
- 504.4
- 504.5
- 504.6
- 505.1
- 505.2
- 505.3
- 505.4
- 505.5
- 505.6
- 505.7
- 505.8
- 506.1
- 506.2
- 506.3
- 506.4
- 507.1
- 507.2
- 507.3
- 507.4
- 507.5
- 507.6
- 507.7
- 507.8
- 507.9
- 508.1
- 508.2
- 600 Series: Education Program
- 700 Series: Non-Instructional Operations and Business Services
- 800 Series: Buildings & Sites
- 900 Series: School District - Community Relations
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407.2
Code No. 407.2
LICENSED EMPLOYEE CONTRACT RELEASE
Licensed employees who wish to be released from an executed contract must give at least twenty-one days notice to the superintendent. Licensed employees may be released at the discretion of the board. Only in unusual and extreme circumstances will the board release a licensed employee from a contract. The board shall have sole discretion to determine what constitutes unusual and extreme circumstances.
Release from a contract shall be contingent upon finding a suitable replacement. Licensed employees requesting release from a contract after it has been signed and before it expires may be required to pay the board the actual cost for expenses incurred to locate and hire a suitable replacement. Upon written mutual agreement between the employee and the superintendent, the costs may be deducted from the employee's salary. Payment of these costs shall be a condition for release from the contract at the discretion of the board. Failure of the licensed employee to pay these expenses may result in a cause of action being filed in small claims court.
The superintendent is authorized to file a complaint with the Board of Educational Examiners against a licensed employee who leaves without proper release from the board.
Legal Reference:Iowa Code §§ 216; 272; 279.13, .19A, .46 (2007)
1978 Op. Att'y Gen. 247.
1974 Op. Att'y Gen. 11, 322.
Cross Reference: 405.3 Licensed Employee Individual Contracts
405.4 Licensed Employee Continuing Contracts
407.3 Licensed Employee Retirement
Approved: 4/18/2009
Reviewed: 3/25/2009, 1/23/2014
Revised: 4/18/2009