Section 1. Section 38R of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 77, section 7 of the Acts of 2013, is hereby amended by adding to the end thereof the following:

The board of elementary and secondary education (board), in consultation with the department of criminal justice information services, shall at least every other year conduct a review of the implementation of the national fingerprint- based criminal background check, to consider reducing the regulatory burden and associated costs imposed upon school districts and the fees paid by school employees. Pursuant to such review, the board shall consider initiating a requirement that a teacher and other certified employees pursuant to section 38G as a condition of initial certification and, as necessary, recertification shall be subject to a national fingerprint-based criminal background check, which shall be provided to a school district, upon its request, that is seeking to hire said employee. The board shall file a report, within I year of the passage of this act, with the joint chairs of the committee on education, on the requirement linking the national fingerprint-based criminal background check to certification together with a draft of any legislation that may be necessary. The board shall at least every other year, commencing 1 year after the passage of this act, file a report and recommendations with the joint chairs of the committee on education, on its review concerning reducing the regulatory burden and associated costs due to the implementation of the national fingerprint-based criminal background check.