Code No. 405.3

Staff Personnel

Contracts with Personnel

                  Contracts with Administrators

(1)     Contracts with newly appointed administrators in the District shall be in writing and shall  state the term of employment, the length of time during the year services are to be performed, the compensation to be paid, a statement that the contract is invalid if the  administrator is under contract with another board of directors in Iowa governing the same period of time until such contract shall have been released or terminated, and such other matters may be agreed upon.

(2)     Contracts of continuing administrators shall be the same as for the preceding contract term except as mutually modified or unless terminated. 

(3)     A contract shall not be tendered to a continuing administrator prior to March 15.

(4)     The administrator shall sign and return the contract to the Board by the date specified by the Board, which shall be at least twenty-one days after it is tendered.  Failure to return the contract within the time limit shall result in the continuing contract from the current year remaining in effect for one year.

(5)     The contract shall be signed by the president of the Board and by the administrator and shall be filed with the Board Secretary before the administrator enters upon performance of the contract.

                  Contracts with Licensed Employees Other Than Administrators.

(1)     Contracts with newly appointed licensed employees in the District, other than with administrators or with temporary employees, shall be in writing and shall state the number of contract days, the compensation to be paid, and any other matters mutually agreed upon.  A  teaching contract is invalid if the employee is under a teaching contract with another board of directors during the same period until a release is obtained.

(2)     Contracts for extra-curricular duties, except contracts for coaching interscholastic athletic activities, shall be deemed to be a single contract with the teaching contract regardless of whether they appear on the same contract with the teaching duties or on a separate  document.  Resignation or termination from such a single contract shall be deemed a resignation or termination from the entire contract.  The Board of Directors may waive this requirement.

(3)     Contracts with continuing licensed employees, other than with administrators, shall be the same as for the preceding contract term except as mutually modified or unless terminated.

(4)     The licensed employee shall sign and return the contract to the Board by the date specified by the Board, which shall be at least twenty-one days after it is tendered.  Failure to return the contract within the time limit shall result in the continuing contract remaining in effect for the following year, subject to salary revisions provided by the collective bargaining agreement.

(5)     The contract shall be signed by the president of the Board when tendered, and after it is  signed by the licensed employee, the contract shall be filed with the Board secretary before the employee enters into performance under the contract.

                  Contracts with Non-Licensed Employees.

         (1)     Nonlicensed employees may be offered written contracts.

Legal Reference:    Iowa Code Chapter 279 (2003).

Cross Reference:   400 Series    Contracts with Personnel

Approved:    August 14, 1989         

Reviewed:    April 18, 2006             

Revised:       September 15, 2003