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 up to $1,000 in teacher recruitment 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 (1999).

    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     11/12/79      Reviewed       10-21-2020                       Revised    1/22/01