275.33 - CONTRACTS OF NEW DISTRICT.
275.33 CONTRACTS OF NEW DISTRICT.
1. The terms of employment of superintendents, principals, and
teachers, for the school year following the effective date of the
formation of the new district shall not be affected by the formation
of the new district, except in accordance with the provisions of
sections 279.15 to 279.18 and 279.24 and the authority and
responsibility to offer new contracts or to continue, modify, or
terminate existing contracts pursuant to sections 279.12, 279.13,
279.15 to 279.21, 279.23, and 279.24 for the school year beginning
with the effective date of the reorganization shall be transferred
from the boards of the existing districts to the board of the new
district on the third Tuesday of January prior to the school year the
reorganization is effective.
2. The collective bargaining agreement of the district with the
largest basic enrollment for the year prior to the reorganization, as
defined in section 257.6, in the new district shall serve as the base
agreement and the employees of the other districts involved in the
formation of the new district shall automatically be accreted to the
bargaining unit of that collective bargaining agreement for purposes
of negotiating the contracts for the following years without further
action by the public employment relations board. If only one
collective bargaining agreement is in effect among the districts
which are party to the reorganization, then that agreement shall
serve as the base agreement, and the employees of the other districts
involved in the formation of the new district shall automatically be
accreted to the bargaining unit of that collective bargaining
agreement for purposes of negotiating the contracts for the following
years without further action by the public employment relations
board. The board of the newly formed district, using the base
agreement as its existing contract, shall bargain with the combined
employees of the existing districts for the school year beginning
with the effective date of the reorganization. The bargaining shall
be completed by the dates specified in section 20.17 prior to the
school year in which the reorganization becomes effective or within
one hundred eighty days after the organization of the new board,
whichever is later. If a bargaining agreement was already concluded
by the board and employees of the existing district with the contract
serving as the base agreement for the school year beginning with the
effective date of the reorganization, that agreement shall be void.
However, if the base agreement contains multiyear provisions
affecting school years subsequent to the effective date of the
reorganization, the base agreement shall remain in effect as
specified in the agreement.
The provisions of the base agreement shall apply to the offering
of new contracts, or continuation, modification, or termination of
existing contracts as provided in subsection 1 of this section. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 2820-f; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 4146; C46, 50, §
274.31; C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 275.33] Section History: Recent Form
85 Acts, ch 221, §8; 86 Acts, ch 1239, § 3; 89 Acts, ch 135, § 68;
93 Acts, ch 1, § 7, 14; 93 Acts, ch 160, § 11
Referred to in § 275.25