19B.11 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES, AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES -- DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
19B.11 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AREA EDUCATION AGENCIES, AND
COMMUNITY COLLEGES -- DUTIES OF DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION.
1. It is the policy of this state to provide equal opportunity in
school district, area education agency, and community college
employment to all persons. An individual shall not be denied equal
access to school district, area education agency, or community
college employment opportunities because of race, creed, color,
religion, national origin, sex, age, or physical or mental
disability. It also is the policy of this state to apply affirmative
action measures to correct deficiencies in school district, area
education agency, and community college employment systems where
those remedies are appropriate. This policy shall be construed
broadly to effectuate its purposes.
2. The director of the department of education shall actively
promote fair employment practices for all school district, area
education agency, and community college employees and the state board
of education shall adopt rules requiring specific steps by school
districts, area education agencies, and community colleges to
accomplish the goals of equal employment opportunity and affirmative
action in the recruitment, appointment, assignment, and advancement
of personnel. Each school district, area education agency, and
community college shall be required to develop affirmative action
standards which are based on the population of the community in which
it functions, the student population served, or the persons who can
be reasonably recruited. The director of education shall consult
with the department of administrative services in the performance of
duties under this section.
3. Each school district, area education agency, and community
college in the state shall submit to the director of the department
of education an annual report of the accomplishments and programs of
the district, agency, or community college in carrying out its duties
under this section. The report shall be submitted between December
15 and December 31 each year. The director shall prescribe the form
and content of the report.
4. The director of the department of education shall prepare a
compilation of the reports required by subsection 3 and shall submit
this compilation, together with a report of the director's
accomplishments and programs pursuant to this section, to the
department of management by January 31 of each year. Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1245, § 228; 88 Acts, ch 1284, § 42; 90 Acts, ch 1253,
§121; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286