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2023 SESSION
HB 1550 Child abuse or neglect; findings of local department of social services, appeal.
Introduced by: Jeffrey Campbell-Resigned 7/14 | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION:
Teachers; reinstatement of licensure in certain circumstances; application and disposition. Provides that in the case of a teacher who is the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect and whose license has been revoked by the Board of Education, in the event that a court reverses such finding of abuse or neglect and the individual submits to the Department of Education an application for the reinstatement of his license as a teacher, the Board of Education shall consider and act upon such application no later than 90 days after the date of submission.
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Child abuse or neglect; findings of local department of social services; appeal. Provides that in cases in which a teacher licensed by the Board of Education or through an alternative pathway and employed by a local school board is found by a local department of social services to have committed child abuse or neglect, the teacher may, after exhausting all options for review by the local department and Commissioner of Social Services, petition the circuit court for a de novo review of such finding. Under current law, such persons may obtain review of the decision only in accordance with the Administrative Process Act.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Child abuse or neglect; findings of local department of social services; appeal. Provides that in cases in which a teacher licensed by the Board of Education or through an alternative pathway and employed by a local school board is found by a local department of social services to have committed child abuse or neglect, the teacher may, after exhausting all options for review by the local department and Commissioner of Social Services, petition the circuit court for a de novo review of such finding. Under current law, such persons may obtain review of the decision only in accordance with the Administrative Process Act.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Child abuse or neglect; findings of local department of social services; appeal. Provides that in cases in which a teacher licensed by the Board of Education and employed by a local school board is found by a local department of social services to have committed child abuse or neglect, the teacher may, after exhausting all options for review by the local department and Commissioner of Social Services, petition the circuit court for a de novo review of such finding. Under current law, such persons may obtain review of the decision only in accordance with the Administrative Process Act.