Bills › 91st General Assembly
Requiring schools to perform criminal history checks prior to engaging any person to construct a new attendance center or to perform certain specified renovations or remodeling work
Sponsored by Rep. Daniel Gosa (D)
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedMarch 5, 2025
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by February 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Before starting new construction or remodeling projects while students are in class, schools must check the criminal backgrounds of all contractors and their workers. This rule applies to school districts, charter schools, and private schools to ensure no one on the sex offender or child abuse registries is working on campus. Schools must keep records of these checks and are allowed to charge the contractors for the cost of the background searches.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires schools to perform criminal history checks prior to engaging any person to construct a new attendance center or to perform certain specified renovations or remodeling work. The bill defines “construction work” as the construction of a new attendance center and the renovation or remodeling of an attendance center during the school calendar and where students are in attendance.5, for information regarding the person engaged to perform the construction work, employees of the person who will perform any part of the construction work, and employees of any contractor or subcontractor engaged by the person to perform any part of the construction work. Schools are required to maintain documentation demonstrating compliance with these requirements. Schools are authorized to charge the person who is engaged to perform the construction work for the cost of the state criminal history checks. The bill provides that schools shall not allow any individual who is the subject of the state criminal history check requirements and who is listed in the sex offender registry, the central registry for child abuse information, or the central registry for dependent adult abuse information, to perform any part of the construction work.
Iowa Code it changes
Creates§280.36