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2001 SESSION
HB 1996 Criminal records checks for school board employees.
Introduced by: Harry J. Parrish | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Criminal records checks for school board employees. Provides that the criminal records history obtained by school boards for applicants who are offered or who accept school board employment, whether on a temporary, permanent, or part- or full-time basis, address all felony and Class 1 misdemeanor convictions and equivalent offenses in other states. Currently, the records are searched for all felonies and any misdemeanors involving drugs, abuse or neglect of children, moral turpitude, obscenity offenses, and sexual assault. In addition, reports of all arrests of school employees, not just the currently enumerated serious crimes, will now be reported to school boards; these employees must then submit to fingerprinting and a criminal history records check, also expanded in this measure to include all felony and misdemeanor convictions. The information obtained through the records check of current employees is used for dismissal and suspension purposes; however, the criminal convictions warranting these disciplinary actions remain limited to specified serious crimes. Pursuant to § 22.1-296.1, applicants for school employment must currently certify they have not been convicted of a felony, crime of moral turpitude, or other specific crimes involving the abuse of a child.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/01 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 011751880 pdf | impact statement
- 01/23/01 House: Printed as engrossed 011751880-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/19/01 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1996ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0591) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/01 House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/10/01 011751880
- 01/10/01 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/19/01 House: Reported from Education with amendments (23-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/01 House: Read first time
- 01/23/01 House: Read second time
- 01/23/01 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/23/01 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 01/23/01 House: Printed as engrossed 011751880-E
- 01/24/01 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/01 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/01 House: Communicated to Senate
- 01/25/01 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/25/01 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/08/01 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/01 Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/01 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/01 Senate: Read third time
- 02/12/01 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/01 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/01 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1996ER)
- 02/21/01 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/01 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/01 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/24/01 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 591 (effective 7/1/01)
- 03/27/01 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0591)