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.
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     2  6                               
     2  7 TYMESON of Madison
     2  8 SF 62.705 82
     2  9 kh/gg/8144

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