Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 288 - Public Broadcasting Division
Chapter 1 - Organization
Rule 288-1.1 - Establishment of the Division of Public Broadcasting and the Iowa Public Broadcasting Board

(1) Mission. The mission of the board shall be to plan, establish, and operate educational radio, television, and telecommunications facilities to provide public broadcasting and educational narrowcast services to enrich the lives of the people of Iowa and enhance educational opportunity throughout the state. The broadcast operation shall adhere to the Principles of Editorial Integrity.

(2) Board membership. The board shall be composed of nine members according to Iowa Code Supplement section 256.82. All appointments, except appointments to fill a vacancy, shall be for a term of three years. Terms shall commence on July I of the year of appointment.

A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the term.

(3) Board meetings. The board shall hold regular meetings at least four times each year and shall hold special meetings when called by the president or by the vice president in the president's absence. Special meetings shall be called by the president upon written request of any four members of the board. The time and place for regular meetings shall be determined by the board as an agenda item. The time and place for special meetings shall be determined by the president, or vice president in the president's absence.

(4) Advisory committees. The board shall appoint advisory committees as deemed appropriate, each of which has no more than a simple majority of members of the same sex, among which shall be an advisory committee on narrowcast operation and an advisory committee on journalistic and editorial integrity. Duties of the advisory committees shall be specified in rules of internal management adopted by the board.

(5) Rules of order Reserved.