House Amendment 1537 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 62 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 8, by inserting after line 10 the 1 3 following: 1 4 <Sec. . Section 279.13, subsection 1, Code 1 5 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1 6 1. a. Contracts with teachers, which for the 1 7 purpose of this section means all licensed employees 1 8 of a school district and nurses employed by the board, 1 9 excluding superintendents, assistant superintendents, 1 10 principals, and assistant principals, shall be in 1 11 writing and shall state the number of contract days, 1 12 the annual compensation to be paid, and any other 1 13 matters as may be mutually agreed upon. The contract 1 14 may include employment for a term not exceeding the 1 15 ensuing school year, except as otherwise authorized. 1 16 b. Prior to entering into an initial contract with 1 17 a teacher who holds a license other than an initial 1 18 license issued by the board of educational examiners 1 19 under chapter 272, the school district shall request 1 20 the division of criminal investigation of the 1 21 department of public safety to conduct a background 1 22 investigation of the applicant. The school district 1 23 shall require the teacher to submit a completed 1 24 fingerprint packet, which shall be used to facilitate 1 25 a national criminal history check. The school 1 26 district shall submit the packet to the division of 1 27 criminal investigation of the department of public 1 28 safety which shall conduct a thorough background 1 29 investigation of the teacher. The superintendent of a 1 30 school district or the superintendent's designee shall 1 31 have access to and shall review the sex offender 1 32 registry information under section 692A.13, the 1 33 central registry for child abuse information 1 34 established under section 235A.14, and the central 1 35 registry for dependent adult abuse information 1 36 established under section 235B.5 for information 1 37 regarding applicants for employment as a teacher. The 1 38 school district may charge the teacher a fee for the 1 39 background investigation, which shall not exceed the 1 40 fee charged by the division of criminal investigation 1 41 for conducting the background investigation. 1 42 c. The contract is invalid if the teacher is under 1 43 contract with another board of directors to teach 1 44 during the same time period until a release from the 1 45 other contract is achieved. The contract shall be 1 46 signed by the president of the board, or by the 1 47 superintendent if the board has adopted a policy 1 48 authorizing the superintendent to sign teaching 1 49 contracts, when tendered, and after it is signed by 1 50 the teacher, the contract shall be filed with the 2 1 secretary of the board before the teacher enters into 2 2 performance under the contract.> 2 3 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 2 4 2 5 2 6 2 7 TYMESON of Madison 2 8 SF 62.705 82 2 9 kh/gg/8144 -1-