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Senate Bill 1230 |
Senate Author: Bettencourt et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-19 |
House Sponsor: Meyer et al. |
Senate Bill 1230 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require the clerk of a court in which an employee of a private school is convicted or granted deferred adjudication for certain offenses to provide written notice of that fact to the chief administrative officer of the private school by a specified deadline.
Senate Bill 1230 amends the Education Code to require the chief administrator of a private school to notify the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) if a private school educator has a criminal record about which the school obtained information or if an educator was terminated or resigned in circumstances involving evidence of abuse of, or certain misconduct with, a student or minor. The bill authorizes any person who knows or has reason to believe that an educator engaged in applicable misconduct to file a report with the SBEC and provides for the immunity from civil or criminal liability of a chief administrator or other person who does so. These provisions relating to reports to the SBEC are in addition to other statutory reporting requirements relating to suspected child abuse or neglect.
Senate Bill 1230 extends the applicability of certain provisions relating to pre‑employment disclosure of applicable criminal history for prospective employees of a public school district or open‑enrollment charter school to include private schools and persons seeking private school employment in certain roles. The bill requires a district or charter school to disclose a performance evaluation document of a teacher or administrator to an applicable educational entity under certain circumstances.