House Amendment 2053 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 601, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 46, by inserting after line 7 the 1 4 following: 1 5 <Sec. . Section 279.13, subsection 1, paragraph 1 6 b, if enacted by 2007 Iowa Acts, Senate File 277, 1 7 section 11, is amended to read as follows: 1 8 b. (1) Prior to entering into an initial contract 1 9 with a teacher who holds a license other than an 1 10 initial license issued by the board of educational 1 11 examiners under chapter 272, the school district shall 1 12 either request the division of criminal investigation 1 13 of the department of public safety to conduct a 1 14 background investigation of the applicant or request a 1 15 qualified background screening company accredited by 1 16 the national association of professional background 1 17 check screeners to conduct a background check on the 1 18 applicant.The1 19 (2) If the school district submits a request to 1 20 the division of public safety pursuant to subparagraph 1 21 (1), the school district shall require the teacher to 1 22 submit a completed fingerprint packet, which shall be 1 23 used to facilitate a national criminal history check. 1 24 The school district shall submit the packet to the 1 25 division of criminal investigation of the department 1 26 of public safety which shall conduct a thorough 1 27 background investigation of the teacher. The 1 28 superintendent of a school district or the 1 29 superintendent's designee shall have access to and 1 30 shall review the sex offender registry information 1 31 under section 692A.13, the central registry for child 1 32 abuse information established under section 235A.14, 1 33 and the central registry for dependent adult abuse 1 34 information established under section 235B.5 for 1 35 information regarding applicants for employment as a 1 36 teacher. 1 37 (3) If the school district submits a request to a 1 38 qualified background screening company pursuant to 1 39 subparagraph (1), the background check shall include a 1 40 national criminal history check, a review of the sex 1 41 offender registry information under section 692A.13, 1 42 the central registry for child abuse information 1 43 established under section 235A.14 as the 1 44 superintendent's designee under section 235A.15, and 1 45 the central registry for dependent adult abuse 1 46 information established under section 235B.5 as the 1 47 superintendent's designee under section 235B.6 for 1 48 information regarding applicants for employment as a 1 49 teacher. 1 50 (4) The school district may charge the teacher a 2 1 fee for the background investigation, which shall not 2 2 exceed the fee charged by the division of criminal 2 3 investigation for conducting the background 2 4 investigation.> 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 WINCKLER of Scott 2 9 SF 601.227 82 2 10 mg/es/9802 -1-