House Study Bill 36 - Introduced SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS BILL) A BILL FOR An Act relating to information the board of educational 1 examiners is required to review regarding applicants for 2 license renewal. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1172XD (2) 86 kh/nh
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 272.2, subsection 17, Code 2015, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 17. Adopt rules to require that a background investigation 3 be conducted by the division of criminal investigation of the 4 department of public safety on all initial applicants for 5 licensure. The board shall also require all initial applicants 6 to submit a completed fingerprint packet and shall use the 7 packet to facilitate a national criminal history background 8 check. The board shall have access to, and shall review 9 the sex offender registry information under section 692A.121 10 available to the general public, information in the Iowa court 11 information system available to the general public, the central 12 registry for child abuse information established under chapter 13 235A , and the dependent adult abuse records maintained under 14 chapter 235B for information regarding applicants for license 15 renewal. 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 adds, to the information the board of educational 20 examiners is required to review regarding applicants for 21 license renewal, information in the Iowa court information 22 system available to the general public. 23 -1- LSB 1172XD (2) 86 kh/nh 1/ 1