Amendment S-3128 to HF 884
Authorizing school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to employ chaplains, or engage volunteer chaplains, to provide services to students
Never voted on
Filed April 23, 2025 in the Senate by Sen. Janet Petersen (D)
What it changes
- Page 2, after line 4 by inserting: “
- a. Prior to employing a chaplain, or engaging a chaplain to serve without compensation or remuneration, the board of directors of each school district must provide the board of educational examiners with the information needed to conduct a thorough background investigation of the chaplain and review the report provided to the school district by the board of educational examiners pursuant to paragraph “c” . b. After receiving the information described in paragraph “a” , the board of educational examiners shall do all of the following: (1) Initiate a state criminal history record check of the chaplain through the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety. (2) Submit the chaplain’s fingerprints to the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety for submission to the federal bureau of investigation for a national criminal history record check. (3) Review all of the following for information related to the chaplain: (a) The information in the Iowa court information system available to the general public. (b) The sex offender registry information under section 692A.121 available to the general public. (c) The central registry for child abuse information established under section 235A.14. (d) The central registry for dependent adult abuse information established under section 235B.5. c. After completing the investigation described in paragraph “b” , the board of educational examiners shall prepare a report containing the results of the investigation and provide the report to the board of directors of the school district.”