SF 2340: Relating to education, including responsibilities of the board of educational examiners with respect to background checks, endorsements, and authorizations, requiring the boards of directors of school districts to make payments to certain specified student teachers and full-time employees, requiring the boards of directors of school districts to hire a certain specified amount of substitute teachers, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions

What it does

This bill relates to education, including responsibilities of the board of educational examiners (BOEE) with respect to background checks, endorsements, and authorizations, requiring the boards of directors of school districts to make payments to certain specified student teachers and full-time employees, and requiring the boards of directors of school districts to hire a certain specified amount of substitute teachers. The bill requires that the BOEE adopt rules to require that a background investigation be conducted by the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety on all applicants for an additional endorsement or authorization.

Senate subcommittee · named February 21, 2022

• Sen. Amy Sinclair (R) · amy.sinclair@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Claire Celsi (D)
• Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

1. February 17, 2022Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
2. February 21, 2022Senate subcommittee named: Sinclair, Celsi and Rozenboom