S-5128

   Amend Senate File 2276 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 
   Section 1.  Section 232.70, Code 2018, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  6A.  A report made by a mandatory reporter who is an employee of a public or nonpublic school shall be weighted as of more importance than other reports made by other mandatory reporters. Within twenty-four hours of receiving a report from an employee of a public or nonpublic school, the department shall inform the employee, orally or by other appropriate means, whether or not the department has commenced an assessment of the allegation in the report.>
   2.  Page 1, line 3, after <district> by inserting <and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school>
   3.  Page 1, line 7, after <services.> by inserting <The sign shall include information regarding the importance given to reports made by mandatory reporters who are employees of a public school district or nonpublic school, pursuant to section 232.70.>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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MATT McCOY