19B.3 - ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND BOARD OF REGENTS.

        19B.3  ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF DEPARTMENT
      OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND BOARD OF REGENTS.
         1.  The department of administrative services is responsible for
      the administration and promotion of equal opportunity and affirmative
      action efforts in the recruitment, appointment, assignment, and
      advancement of personnel by all state agencies except the state board
      of regents and the institutions under its jurisdiction.  In carrying
      out this responsibility the department shall do all of the following
      with respect to state agencies other than the state board of regents
      and its institutions:
         a.  Designate a position as the state affirmative action
      administrator.
         b.  Propose affirmative action standards applicable to each
      state agency based on the population of the community in which the
      agency functions, the population served by the agency, or the persons
      that can be reasonably recruited.
         c.  Gather data necessary to maintain an ongoing assessment of
      affirmative action efforts in state agencies.
         d.  Monitor accomplishments with respect to affirmative action
      remedies identified in affirmative action plans of state agencies.
         e.  Conduct studies of preemployment and postemployment
      processes in order to evaluate employment practices and develop
      improved methods of dealing with all employment issues related to
      equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.
         f.  Establish a state recruitment coordinating committee to
      assist in addressing affirmative action recruitment needs, with
      members appointed by the director of the department of administrative
      services.
         g.  Address equal opportunity and affirmative action training
      needs of all state agencies by:
         (1)  Providing appropriate training for managers and supervisors.

         (2)  Insuring that all state agencies make training available for
      all staff members whose duties relate to personnel administration.
         (3)  Investigating means for training in the area of career
      development.
         h.  Coordinate and develop equal employment opportunity
      reports, including the initiation of the processes necessary for the
      completion of the annual EEO-4 report required by the federal equal
      employment opportunity commission.
         i.  Address equal opportunity and affirmative action policies
      with respect to employee benefits and leaves of absence.
         j.  Adopt equal employment opportunity and affirmative action
      rules in accordance with chapter 17A.
         2.  The state board of regents is responsible for the
      administration and promotion of equal opportunity and affirmative
      action efforts in the recruitment, appointment, assignment, and
      advancement of personnel by the board and the institutions under its
      jurisdiction.  In carrying out this responsibility the board shall do
      all of the following with respect to the board and its institutions:
         a.  Designate a position as the regents' affirmative action
      coordinator.
         b.  Propose affirmative action standards applicable to the
      board and each institution under its jurisdiction.
         c.  Gather data necessary to maintain an ongoing assessment of
      affirmative action efforts.
         d.  Monitor accomplishments with respect to affirmative action
      remedies identified in affirmative action plans.
         e.  Conduct studies of preemployment and postemployment
      processes in order to evaluate employment practices and develop
      improved methods of dealing with all employment issues related to
      equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.
         f.  Establish an equal employment committee to assist in
      addressing affirmative action needs, including recruitment.
         g.  Address equal opportunity and affirmative action training
      needs by:
         (1)  Providing appropriate training for managers and supervisors.

         (2)  Insuring that the board and its institutions make training
      available for all staff members whose duties relate to personnel
      administration.
         (3)  Investigating means for training in the area of career
      development.
         h.  Require development of equal employment opportunity
      reports, including the initiation of the processes necessary for the
      completion of reports required by the federal equal employment
      opportunity commission.
         i.  Address equal opportunity and affirmative action policies
      with respect to employee benefits and leaves of absence.
         j.  Adopt equal employment opportunity and affirmative action
      rules in accordance with chapter 17A.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         86 Acts, ch 1245, §222; 2000 Acts, ch 1095, §1; 2003 Acts, ch 145,
      §286
         Referred to in § 19B.6