Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-102.2 - Jurisdiction

To constitute a violation of these rules, acts of the school employee must be alleged to have occurred on school grounds, on school time, on a school-sponsored activity, or in a school-related context. To be investigable, the written report is to include basic information showing that the student allegedly abused is or was a student at the time of the incident, that the alleged act of the school employee resulted in injury or otherwise meets the definition of abuse in these rules, and that the person responsible for the act is currently a school employee.

If the report is not investigable due to the absence of any of the jurisdictional facts, the level-one investigator will dismiss the complaint as lacking jurisdiction and notify the person filing the report of abuse of the options remaining as listed in paragraph 102.10(1)"i." The dismissal of a report of abuse for lack of jurisdiction does not bar school officials from further forms of investigation and disciplinary action.

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Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-102.2

ARC 9377B, IAB 2/23/11, effective 3/30/11 Adopted by IAB April 17, 2024/Volume XLVI, Number 21, effective 5/22/2024