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SB 241 School employees; school board to develop policies to address complaints of sexual abuse thereby.
Introduced by: L. Louise Lucas | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
School employees; criminal acts. Requires the court clerks to notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction when a person known to be licensed by the Board of Education is convicted of a felony drug crime or certain felony sex crimes involving a child victim. The bill also requires (i) local school boards to develop policies and procedures to address complaints of sexual abuse of a student by a teacher or other school board employee; (ii) the Board of Education to include requirements for the denial, suspension, cancellation, revocation, and reinstatement of licensure in its regulations; (iii) notification by the local school board to the Board of Education when a licensed employee of a school board is dismissed or resigns because of certain criminal convictions or a founded child abuse or neglect case; (iv) notification by the local department of social services to the Superintendent of Public Instruction when the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect is known to hold a license from the Board of Education; and (v) the Board of Education to revoke the license of any person who has been dismissed or has resigned because he has been convicted of a felony, sex offense, drug offense or because he is the subject of a founded case of child abuse or neglect. This bill is identical to HB 1439.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083341816 pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 080874260-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/18/08 House: Committee substitute printed 080537260-H1 pdf
- 02/26/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB241ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/08 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB241ER2) pdf | impact statement
- 03/14/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083341816
- 01/08/08 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/11/08 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/06/08 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 080874260-S1
- 02/08/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/08 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/08 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/08 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 080874260-S1
- 02/11/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB241S1
- 02/11/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/08 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/08 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/12/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/08 House: Read first time
- 02/12/08 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/14/08 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/15/08 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/08 House: Committee substitute printed 080537260-H1
- 02/19/08 House: Read second time
- 02/20/08 House: Read third time
- 02/20/08 House: Committee substitute agreed to 080537260-H1
- 02/20/08 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB241H1
- 02/20/08 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/08 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/08 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/08 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/26/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB241ER)
- 02/26/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/28/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/06/08 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 03/06/08 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 03/07/08 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 03/07/08 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/08 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/08 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/08 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 03/08/08 Senate: Reenrolled
- 03/08/08 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB241ER2)
- 03/08/08 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 03/08/08 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 03/08/08 House: Enacted, Chapter 474 (effective 7/1/08)
- 03/14/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0474)