82R1019 VOO-F
 
  By: Jackson H.B. No. 398
 
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the eligibility of employees convicted of certain
 
  offenses to provide services under a contract with a public school.
         
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
         SECTION 1.  Section 22.0834(o), Education Code, is amended
 
  to read as follows:
         
         (o)  A contracting or subcontracting entity may not permit an
 
  employee to whom Subsection (a) applies to provide services at a
 
  school if the employee has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor
 
  offense that would prevent a person from being employed [obtaining
 
  certification as an educator] under Section 22.085(a) [21.060].
         
         SECTION 2.  Section 22.0834(o), Education Code, as amended
 
  by this Act, applies to the provision of services at a public school
 
  by an employee of a contracting or subcontracting entity without
 
  regard to whether the contract or subcontract under which the
 
  person is employed was entered into before, on, or after the
 
  effective date of this Act.
         
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.