Code No. 407.2
LICENSED EMPLOYEE CONTRACT RELEASE
Licensed employees who wish to be released from an executed contract must give at least a twenty-one day 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 the 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 cost of advertising 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 is 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.
Legal References:
Iowa Code && 216: 272: 279.13, .19A, .46(2013).
1978 Op. Att'y Gen.247
1974 Op. Att'y Gen. 11.322
Approved Reviewed 11-21-16 Revised 8-19-2019