House Bill 6888

To expand the crimes for which conviction will lead to the automatic revocation of certificates, authorizations and permits. To require the state's attorney for the judicial district in which a holder of a certificate, authorization or permit is convicted of a felony or class A misdemeanor to notify the Commissioner of Education of such conviction. To require persons who have contact with students and are employed by contractors or who are placed in a school under a public assistance employment program to undergo criminal history records checks. To change the time frame for checks. To require applicants for certificates, authorizations and permits or renewals of certificates, authorizations or permits issued by the State Board of Education to undergo criminal history records checks. To set the same criteria in statute for revocation and denial of an authorization and a permit as provided for certificates. To require the State Board of Education to submit, at least twice a year, a data base of holders of certificates, authorizations and permits to the State Police Bureau of Identification for state criminal history records checks. To exempt students employed by the school district in which they attend school from the employee background check requirement. To require boards of education to make good faith efforts to contact previous employers prior to hiring a person. To provide immunity from civil liability for the provision of information or recommendations for persons seeking employment with boards of education and such immunity for boards of education that rely on such information or recommendations. To require high school teachers to take continuing education classes in the use of computers in the classroom. To make statutory changes recommended by the Commission on Educational Technology.

In the House of Representatives

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In the House of Representatives Feb 27 – Mar 5

1. Feb 27Introduced and sent to Education Committee
2. Mar 5Heard in Education Committee