The board recognizes the need for substitute teachers.  Substitute teachers shall be licensed to teach in Iowa.

It shall be the responsibility of the building principal to maintain a list of substitute teachers who may be called upon to replace regular contract licensed employees.  Individuals whose names do not appear on this list will not be employed as a substitute without specific approval of the superintendent.  It shall be the responsibility of the building principal to fill absences with substitute teachers immediately.

Substitute teachers will be paid a per diem rate.  On the 11th consecutive day of subbing in the same position, substitutes shall be compensated based on BA Step 1, less TSS.  Substitute licensed employees are expected to perform the same duties as the licensed employees.

Legal Reference:   
Iowa Association of School Boards v. PERB, 400 N.W.2d 571 (Iowa 1987).
Iowa Code §§ 20.1, .4(5), .9; Ch.272.
281 I.A.C. 12.4.

Cross Reference:   
405.1    Licensed Employee Defined
405.2    Licensed Employee Qualifications, Recruitment, Selection

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The Creston Community School District shall offers summer school options in accordance with law and may, in its discretion, offer additional programming during the summer recess.  Licensed employees who volunteer or who are appointed to deliver the summer education program are compensated in addition to their regular duties during the school academic year, unless such arrangements are made prior to determining the employee's compensation for the year.

Licensed employees will be given the opportunity to volunteer for the positions available.  If the board determines a course must be offered and no licensed employee volunteers for the position, the board will make the necessary arrangements to fill the position.  The board will consider applications from volunteers of current licensed employees in conjunction with other applications.

It is the responsibility of the superintendent to make a recommendation to the board regarding the need for and the delivery of the summer education program.

Legal Reference:   
Iowa Code §§ 279.8; 280.14.

Cross Reference:   
505.2 Student Promotion – Retention - Acceleration
603.2    Summer School Instruction

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The board will appoint a licensed employee from each school building to serve as the building's truancy officer.

The principal will notify the truancy officer when a student is truant.  The truancy officer will investigate the cause of a student's truancy and attempt to ensure the student's attendance.  The truancy officer may take the student into custody.  A student taken into custody will be placed in the custody of the principal.  The truancy officer will attempt to contact the student's parents when the student is taken into custody.

Legal Reference:   
Iowa Code §§ 299.10-.11, .15.

Cross Reference:   
501.10    Truancy - Unexcused Absences

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