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1998 SESSION

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HB 859 Criminal history records check for private school employees.

Introduced by: Anne G. Rhodes | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Criminal records check for private school employees. Allows the governing board or administrator of an accredited private or parochial school employing or previously employing a temporary teacher or a private organization coordinating such records on behalf of the governing board or administrator, pursuant to a written agreement with the Department of State Police, to disseminate, at the written request of that temporary teacher, information as to whether or not the teacher meets the criteria for employment (that is, whether the Central Criminal Records Exchange (CCRE) indicates that the applicant has been convicted of certain specified crimes) to the governing board or administrator of another accredited private or parochial school at which the teacher has accepted employment. The transferring governing board or administrator or private organization coordinating such records will be immune from civil liability for any official act, decision or omission done or made in performance of the information transfer, when such acts or omissions are taken in good faith and are not the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct. This bill also authorizes a private organization coordinating the records information on behalf of the governing boards or administrators pursuant to a written agreement with the Department of State Police to receive the Central Criminal Records Exchange information. Although the law relating to criminal records checks for private schools has been on the books since 1996, this bill revises the date for compliance to July 1, 1998.


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