Bills › 90th General Assembly
HSB 566
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2024
- Done: House committeeJanuary 23, 2024
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2151
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2151 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2151 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to education by modifying provisions related to a process for investigating complaints against school employees and the responsibilities of the department of education (DE) and the board of educational examiners (BOEE). Current law requires the director of DE to develop and implement a process for the reporting and investigation of any incident that arises that may reasonably lead to the conclusion that any individual who is employed by the board of directors of a school district, the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school, or the governing board of a charter school has committed a felony or, in the case of an individual with a license, endorsement, certification, authorization, or statement of recognition issued by the BOEE, has engaged in other prohibited conduct.
Read the full explanation
_____ certain incidents to the BOEE, requiring schools to conduct a review of an applicant’s employment history and public license information, requiring schools to maintain reference information related to employees and respond to requests for such information from potential employers, establishing immunities for disclosure of certain information by schools, and establishing enforcement mechanisms. The bill transfers all of the authority related to developing and implementing this process from DE to the BOEE. The bill requires that the BOEE include in its annual report to the general assembly information related to the number of BOEE investigations of school employees who do not hold a license, endorsement, certification, authorization, or statement of recognition that the BOEE referred to a law enforcement agency. The bill establishes that the BOEE’s annual report shall not include any personally identifiable information related to investigations referred to a law enforcement agency.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
House subcommittee
Named January 17, 2024. On January 22, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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Iowa Code it changes
Repeals§256.158A
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Lobbying
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