Des Moines, IA – State Auditor Rob Sand today confirmed the Auditor of State Office has received a qualifying legislative request per Chapter 11.5C of the Code of Iowa to review licensing procedures performed by the Iowa Department of Education and the Board of Educational Examiners.

“The State Auditor’s Office received a qualifying request from a legislator this afternoon and, as a result, will perform procedures related to the licensing and background checks of educational practitioners conducted by the Iowa Department of Education and the Board of Educational Examiners.

“This request is unlike a request from legislators earlier this month to reaudit the Des Moines Public Schools, which is a governmental subdivision, and can only be reaudited at the request of an elected official or employee of the entity, or by petition from citizens per Chapter 11.6 of the Code of Iowa.”