Allegre v. Iowa State Board of Regents

McGiverin, justice.

Petitioners are ten former members of the faculty of the University of Northern Iowa who assert they are entitled to payment for unused and accumulated sick leave to the date of their retirement pursuant to Iowa Code section 79.23. They appeal from a district court decision which dismissed their petition for judicial review on the ground that they had failed to exhaust administrative remedies through contested case provisions of the Iowa Administrative Procedure Act (IAPA), Iowa Code chapter 17A. We reverse and remand.

For convenience all ten petitioners will be referred to…