Iowa Valley Community College Chancellor Tim Wynes will continue to be paid $158,000 annual salary if his requested sabbatical leave to work on his doctoral dissertation is approved by the Iowa Valley Community College District Board of Directors today.
He is expected to take the leave through June 30, 2010 or earlier if he completes his dissertation.
Benefits, including a car, annuity and home computer may also be part of the sabbatical leave.
IVCCD Board President Conrad Dejardin said Tuesday that Wynes' benefits still need to be determined.
Dejardin said he expects the board to approve Wynes' leave request at its regular monthly meeting today at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls.
However, it appears the Wynes' sabbatical violates the district's board policy. Its policy states an administrator may not earn more than 10 weeks of sabbatical leave while Wynes' sabbatical could last more than seven months.
"The board sets the policy and the board has this kind of authority to determine this kind of a sabbatical," said Dejardin. "It's not a violation of our policy."
Special cases are made for these types of leaves for presidents of colleges much as they are made for CEOs of companies, he said.
Dejardin was uncertain whether Wynes would return to the college district after the sabbatical.
"I'm not sure what will happen at that point," he said.
Wynes did not return a call made to his office or cell phone Tuesday.
Prior to Wynes' request for sabbatical the board held four closed sessions to evaluate an employee whose name was never disclosed publicly. Wynes attended one of those meetings and also introduced an attorney to the board who was present during at least two of the sessions.
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