Policy 706.01: Payroll Periods	Status: APPROVED
Original Adopted Date: 08/11/1975 | Last Revised Date: 06/10/2024 | Last Reviewed Date: 06/10/2024

 

The payroll period for the school district is monthly or semi-monthly.  Hourly staff are paid on the 20th day of each month.  Administrators are paid on the 5^th and 20^th. Teachers are paid as per master contract. If this day is a holiday, recess, or weekend, the payroll is paid on the last working day prior to the holiday, recess or weekend.

It is the responsibility of the payroll department to issue payroll to employees in compliance with this policy.
 

 

Legal Reference:

Iowa Code §§  91A.

 

 

I.C. Iowa Code	Description
Iowa Code  § 91A	Wage Payment Collection

Cross References

Code	Description
706.02	Payroll Deductions

 

 

 

Policy 706.02: Payroll Deductions	Status: APPROVED
Original Adopted Date: 08/11/1975 | Last Revised Date: 06/10/2024 | Last Reviewed Date: 06/10/2024

 

Ease of administration is the primary consideration for payroll deductions, other than those required by law.  Payroll deductions are made for federal income tax withholdings, Iowa income tax withholdings, federal insurance contributions, and the Iowa Public Employees' Retirement System (IPERS). In addition, any employee may elect to have payments withheld for district related and mutually agreed upon group insurance coverage and/or tax-sheltered annuity programs. 

Written requests for the purchase of or a change in tax-sheltered annuities shall be on file in the payroll department thirty (30) days prior to the desired effective date.  Requests for reductions in gross wages for contributions to tax-sheltered annuities shall conform to the standards of Internal Revenue Service, and all other governing and regulatory agencies in effect at the time of the request.  Deductions for tax-sheltered annuities may be revoked thirty (30) days after receiving a written request from the employee.

The district may deduct wages as required or allowed by state or federal law or by order of the court of competent jurisdiction.

It is the responsibility of the superintendent or superintendent's designee to determine which additional payroll deductions will be allowed.

Payroll deduction requirements stated in the employee handbook, if any, will be followed.

 

Legal Reference:

Iowa Code §§ 91A.2(4), .3; 294.8-.9, .16.

 

 

I.C. Iowa Code	Description
Iowa Code  § 294	Teachers
Iowa Code  § 91A.2	Wage Payment Collection - Definitions
Iowa Code  § 91A.3	Wage Payment Collection - Mode of Payment

Cross References

Code	Description
406.05	Licensed Employee Group Insurance Benefits (I, II)
406.06	Licensed Employee Tax Shelter Program
412.04	Classified Employee Tax Shelter Program
706.01	Payroll Periods

 

Policy 706.03: Reduction in Employee Pay	Status: APPROVED
Original Adopted Date: 08/11/1975 | Last Reviewed Date: 06/10/2024

 

The district provides leaves of absences to allow employees to be absent from work to attend to important matters outside of the workplace. As public employers, school districts are expected to record and monitor the work that employees perform and to conform to principles of public accountability in their compensation practices.

Consistent with principles of public accountability, it is the policy of the district that, when an employee is absent from work for less than one work day and the employee does not use accrued leave for such absence, the employee’s pay will be reduced or the employee will be placed on leave without pay if:

• the employee has not sought permission to use paid leave for this partial-day absence,
• the employee has sought permission to use paid leave for this partial-day absence and permission has been denied,
• the employee’s accrued paid leave has been exhausted, or,
• the employee chooses to use leave without pay.

In each case in which an employee is absent from work for part of a workday, a deduction from compensation will be made or the employee will be placed on leave without pay for a period of time which is equal to the employee’s absence from the employee’s regularly scheduled hours of work on that day.
 

NOTE:   This is a mandatory policy. 

 

Legal Reference:

29 U.S.C. Sec. 2 13(a)  29 C.F.R. Part 541

 

 

U.S.C. - United States Code	Description
29 U.S.C. Sec. 2 13(a)	Labor - Fair Labor Standards
C.F.R. - Code of Federal Regulations	Description
29 C.F.R. Pt. 541	Labor - Exemptions

Cross References

Code	Description
409.02	Employee Leaves of Absence