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.
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     2 17 DOLECHECK of Ringgold
     2 18 SF 277.314 82
     2 19 kh/cf/8161

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