House File 2246 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2246 BY WINCKLER , LENSING , KAJTAZOVIC , HUNTER , THEDE , HANSON , OURTH , T. TAYLOR , STAED , ANDERSON , PRICHARD , GASKILL , MASCHER , M. SMITH , ABDUL-SAMAD , COHOON , STECKMAN , JACOBY , KRESSIG , and R. OLSON A BILL FOR An Act requiring employment background checks of community 1 college employees who work with children. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5740YH (3) 85 jp/sc

H.F. 2246 Section 1. Section 260C.14, Code 2014, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 24. Require prospective and current 3 employees whose regular duties involve working with or 4 providing instruction to students who are less than age 5 eighteen or are age eighteen or older and enrolled in high 6 school to be subject to employment background checks. The 7 background checks shall be performed before the work with or 8 provision of instruction begins. The background checks shall 9 include but are not limited to criminal history and child and 10 dependent abuse registry checks in this state. In addition, 11 the prospective or current employee’s fingerprints shall be 12 provided to the department of public safety for submission 13 through the state criminal history repository to the United 14 States department of justice, federal bureau of investigation, 15 for a national criminal history check. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill mandates that the board of directors of a community 20 college require background checks of prospective and current 21 employees whose regular duties involve working with or 22 providing instruction to students who are less than age 18 or 23 are age 18 or older and enrolled in high school. 24 The background checks are to be performed before the duties 25 involving such students begin and are to include criminal 26 history and child and dependent abuse registry checks in this 27 state. In addition, the prospective or current employee’s 28 fingerprints are to be provided for a national criminal history 29 check. 30 -1- LSB 5740YH (3) 85 jp/sc 1/ 1