SB 403 IN

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Requires a school to consider using a more comprehensive expanded criminal history background check for employment. Requires a school that receives a reference request from another school to disclose any known incident in which the employee was: (1) arrested; (2) charged with a criminal offense; (3) convicted of a criminal offense; (4) under court supervision or the supervision of a community correction program as the result of a conviction for a criminal offense (including being placed on home detention, work release, or intermittent incarceration); (5) the subject of a protection order; or (6) named as a defendant in a civil action if the civil action could affect the safety of students. Prohibits a school from hiring an employee involved in specified acts or incidents without a majority vote of the school board (or equivalent for a charter or nonpublic school), and provides that, if a school hires an employee involved in specified acts or incidents, the school shall: (1) notify the department of education in writing of the hiring; (2) explain why the hiring was necessary; and (3) set forth the school's plan to protect the safety of students in light of the act or incident.

• Aaron Freeman Republican · author

1. Jan 19, 2023 Authored by Senator Freeman · upper
2. Jan 19, 2023 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development · upper

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Introduced Senate Bill (S) · Jan 18, 2023 · PDF