House Amendment 1567 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend the amendment, H=1557, to Senate File 277, as 1 2 amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as 1 3 follows: 1 4 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 46 the 1 5 following: 1 6 <# . Page 3, by striking lines 3 through 9.> 1 7 #2. Page 1, line 47, by striking the words and 1 8 figure <after line 9> and inserting the following: 1 9 <before line 10>. 1 10 #3. Page 2, by inserting after line 6 the 1 11 following: 1 12 <# . Page 3, by inserting after line 34 the 1 13 following: 1 14 <Sec. . Section 279.13, subsection 1, Code 1 15 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1 16 1. a. Contracts with teachers, which for the 1 17 purpose of this section means all licensed employees 1 18 of a school district and nurses employed by the board, 1 19 excluding superintendents, assistant superintendents, 1 20 principals, and assistant principals, shall be in 1 21 writing and shall state the number of contract days, 1 22 the annual compensation to be paid, and any other 1 23 matters as may be mutually agreed upon. The contract 1 24 may include employment for a term not exceeding the 1 25 ensuing school year, except as otherwise authorized. 1 26 b. Prior to entering into an initial contract with 1 27 a teacher who holds a license other than an initial 1 28 license issued by the board of educational examiners 1 29 under chapter 272, the school district shall request 1 30 the division of criminal investigation of the 1 31 department of public safety to conduct a background 1 32 investigation of the applicant. The school district 1 33 shall require the teacher to submit a completed 1 34 fingerprint packet, which shall be used to facilitate 1 35 a national criminal history check. The school 1 36 district shall submit the packet to the division of 1 37 criminal investigation of the department of public 1 38 safety which shall conduct a thorough background 1 39 investigation of the teacher. The superintendent of a 1 40 school district or the superintendent's designee shall 1 41 have access to and shall review the sex offender 1 42 registry information under section 692A.13, the 1 43 central registry for child abuse information 1 44 established under section 235A.14, and the central 1 45 registry for dependent adult abuse information 1 46 established under section 235B.5 for information 1 47 regarding applicants for employment as a teacher. The 1 48 school district may charge the teacher a fee for the 1 49 background investigation, which shall not exceed the 1 50 fee charged by the division of criminal investigation 2 1 for conducting the background investigation. 2 2 c. The contract is invalid if the teacher is under 2 3 contract with another board of directors to teach 2 4 during the same time period until a release from the 2 5 other contract is achieved. The contract shall be 2 6 signed by the president of the board, or by the 2 7 superintendent if the board has adopted a policy 2 8 authorizing the superintendent to sign teaching 2 9 contracts, when tendered, and after it is signed by 2 10 the teacher, the contract shall be filed with the 2 11 secretary of the board before the teacher enters into 2 12 performance under the contract.>> 2 13 #4. By renumbering as necessary. 2 14 2 15 2 16 2 17 DOLECHECK of Ringgold 2 18 SF 277.314 82 2 19 kh/cf/8161 -1-