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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to employees of or applicants for employment with school |
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districts who have been convicted of or pled guilty to certain |
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offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.085, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or |
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shared services arrangement shall discharge or refuse to hire an |
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employee or applicant for employment if the district, school, or |
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shared services arrangement obtains information: |
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(1) through a criminal history record information |
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review that: |
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(A) [(1)] the employee or applicant has been |
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convicted of: |
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(i) [(A)] a felony offense under Title 5, |
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Penal Code; |
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(ii) [(B)] an offense on conviction of |
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which a defendant is required to register as a sex offender under |
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Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; or |
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(iii) [(C)] an offense under the laws of |
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another state or federal law that is equivalent to an offense under |
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Subparagraph (i) or (ii) [Paragraph (A) or (B)]; and |
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(B) [(2)] at the time the offense occurred, the |
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victim of the offense described by Paragraph (A) [Subdivision (1)] |
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was under 18 years of age or was enrolled in a public school; or |
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(2) through a criminal history record information |
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review or from a disclosure made by the employee or applicant that |
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the employee or applicant has been convicted of or pled guilty to: |
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(A) an offense under Title 8, Penal Code; |
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(B) an offense under Chapter 31 or 32, Penal |
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Code; or |
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(C) an offense under the laws of another state or |
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federal law that is equivalent to an offense under Paragraph (A) or |
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(B). |
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(g) An employee of or applicant for employment with a school |
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district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services |
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arrangement shall notify the district, school, or shared services |
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arrangement if the employee or applicant has been convicted of or |
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pled guilty to an offense under Title 8, Penal Code, or Chapter 31 |
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or 32, Penal Code, or an offense under the laws of another state or |
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federal law that is equivalent to such an offense. An applicant |
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shall make the notification required by this subsection at the time |
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the applicant applies for employment. An employee shall make the |
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notification required by this subsection as soon as practicable |
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after the final conviction or the date the plea is entered. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |