Full Text of HB2779 98th General Assembly
HB2779eng 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-21.9) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.9)
| 7 | | Sec. 10-21.9. Criminal history records checks and checks of | 8 | | the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and | 9 | | Violent Offender Against Youth Database.
| 10 | | (a) Certified and noncertified or licensed and unlicensed | 11 | | applicants for employment with a school
district, except for | 12 | | school bus driver applicants and except as otherwise provided | 13 | | in this subsection (a) , are required as a condition
of | 14 | | employment to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history | 15 | | records check to determine if such applicants have been | 16 | | convicted of any of
the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in | 17 | | subsection (c) of this Section or
have been convicted, within 7 | 18 | | years of the application for employment with
the
school | 19 | | district, of any other felony under the laws of this State or | 20 | | of any
offense committed or attempted in any other state or | 21 | | against the laws of
the United States that, if committed or | 22 | | attempted in this State, would
have been punishable as a felony | 23 | | under the laws of this State.
Authorization for
the check shall |
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| 1 | | be furnished by the applicant to
the school district, except | 2 | | that if the applicant is a substitute teacher
seeking | 3 | | employment in more than one school district, a teacher seeking
| 4 | | concurrent part-time employment positions with more than one | 5 | | school
district (as a reading specialist, special education | 6 | | teacher or otherwise),
or an educational support personnel | 7 | | employee seeking employment positions
with more than one | 8 | | district, any such district may require the applicant to
| 9 | | furnish authorization for
the check to the regional | 10 | | superintendent
of the educational service region in which are | 11 | | located the school districts
in which the applicant is seeking | 12 | | employment as a substitute or concurrent
part-time teacher or | 13 | | concurrent educational support personnel employee.
Upon | 14 | | receipt of this authorization, the school district or the | 15 | | appropriate
regional superintendent, as the case may be, shall | 16 | | submit the applicant's
name, sex, race, date of birth, social | 17 | | security number, fingerprint images, and other identifiers, as | 18 | | prescribed by the Department
of State Police, to the | 19 | | Department. The regional
superintendent submitting the | 20 | | requisite information to the Department of
State Police shall | 21 | | promptly notify the school districts in which the
applicant is | 22 | | seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time
| 23 | | teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee | 24 | | that
the
check of the applicant has been requested. The | 25 | | Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of | 26 | | Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint-based |
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| 1 | | criminal history records check, records of convictions, until | 2 | | expunged, to the president of the school board for the school | 3 | | district that requested the check, or to the regional | 4 | | superintendent who requested the check.
The
Department shall | 5 | | charge
the school district
or the appropriate regional | 6 | | superintendent a fee for
conducting
such check, which fee shall | 7 | | be deposited in the State
Police Services Fund and shall not | 8 | | exceed the cost of
the inquiry; and the
applicant shall not be | 9 | | charged a fee for
such check by the school
district or by the | 10 | | regional superintendent, except that those applicants seeking | 11 | | employment as a substitute teacher with a school district may | 12 | | be charged a fee not to exceed the cost of the inquiry. Subject | 13 | | to appropriations for these purposes, the State Superintendent | 14 | | of Education shall reimburse school districts and regional | 15 | | superintendents for fees paid to obtain criminal history | 16 | | records checks under this Section.
| 17 | | The requirements of this subsection (a) do not apply to a | 18 | | certified or licensed teacher who has retired from employment | 19 | | with a school district and is again applying for employment | 20 | | with a school district as a teacher if that person (i) | 21 | | submitted to a fingerprint-based criminal history records | 22 | | check as a condition of employment with a school district | 23 | | within the last 10 years, as of the date of application, and | 24 | | (ii) signs an affidavit stating that he or she has not been | 25 | | convicted of any crime since that check was performed, which | 26 | | affidavit shall be in a form as determined by the State Board |
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| 1 | | of Education and filed with the school district. | 2 | | (a-5) The school district or regional superintendent shall | 3 | | further perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database, | 4 | | as authorized by the Sex Offender Community Notification Law, | 5 | | for each applicant.
| 6 | | (a-6) The school district or regional superintendent shall | 7 | | further perform a check of the Statewide Murderer and Violent | 8 | | Offender Against Youth Database, as authorized by the Murderer | 9 | | and Violent Offender Against Youth Community Notification Law, | 10 | | for each applicant.
| 11 | | (b)
Any information
concerning the record of convictions | 12 | | obtained by the president of the
school board or the regional | 13 | | superintendent shall be confidential and may
only be | 14 | | transmitted to the superintendent of the school district or his
| 15 | | designee, the appropriate regional superintendent if
the check | 16 | | was
requested by the school district, the presidents of the | 17 | | appropriate school
boards if
the check was requested from the | 18 | | Department of State
Police by the regional superintendent, the | 19 | | State Superintendent of
Education, the State Educator | 20 | | Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board, any | 21 | | other person
necessary to the decision of hiring the applicant | 22 | | for employment, or for clarification purposes the Department of | 23 | | State Police or Statewide Sex Offender Database, or both. A | 24 | | copy
of the record of convictions obtained from the Department | 25 | | of State Police
shall be provided to the applicant for | 26 | | employment. Upon the check of the Statewide Sex Offender |
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| 1 | | Database, the school district or regional superintendent shall | 2 | | notify an applicant as to whether or not the applicant has been | 3 | | identified in the Database as a sex offender. If a check of
an | 4 | | applicant for employment as a substitute or concurrent | 5 | | part-time teacher
or concurrent educational support personnel | 6 | | employee in more than one
school district was requested by the | 7 | | regional superintendent, and the
Department of State Police | 8 | | upon a check ascertains that the applicant
has not been | 9 | | convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug offenses
in | 10 | | subsection (c)
or has not been convicted, within 7 years of the
| 11 | | application for
employment with the
school district, of any | 12 | | other felony under the laws of this State or of any
offense | 13 | | committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws | 14 | | of
the United States that, if committed or attempted in this | 15 | | State, would
have been punishable as a felony under the laws of | 16 | | this State
and so notifies the regional
superintendent and if | 17 | | the regional superintendent upon a check ascertains that the | 18 | | applicant has not been identified in the Sex Offender Database | 19 | | as a sex offender, then the
regional superintendent shall issue | 20 | | to the applicant a certificate
evidencing that as of the date | 21 | | specified by the Department of State Police
the applicant has | 22 | | not been convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or
drug | 23 | | offenses in subsection (c)
or has not been
convicted, within 7 | 24 | | years of the application for employment with the
school | 25 | | district, of any other felony under the laws of this State or | 26 | | of any
offense committed or attempted in any other state or |
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| 1 | | against the laws of
the United States that, if committed or | 2 | | attempted in this State, would
have been punishable as a felony | 3 | | under the laws of this State and evidencing that as of the date | 4 | | that the regional superintendent conducted a check of the | 5 | | Statewide Sex Offender Database, the applicant has not been | 6 | | identified in the Database as a sex offender. The school
board | 7 | | of
any
school district
may rely on the
certificate issued by | 8 | | any regional superintendent to that substitute teacher, | 9 | | concurrent part-time teacher, or concurrent educational | 10 | | support personnel employee or may
initiate its own criminal | 11 | | history records check of the applicant through the Department | 12 | | of
State Police and its own check of the Statewide Sex Offender | 13 | | Database as provided in subsection (a). Any person who releases | 14 | | any
confidential information concerning any criminal | 15 | | convictions of an
applicant for employment shall be guilty of a | 16 | | Class A misdemeanor, unless
the release of such information is | 17 | | authorized by this Section.
| 18 | | (c) No school board shall knowingly employ a person who has | 19 | | been
convicted of any offense that would subject him or her to | 20 | | license suspension or revocation pursuant to Section 21B-80 of | 21 | | this Code.
Further, no school board shall knowingly employ a | 22 | | person who has been found
to be the perpetrator of sexual or | 23 | | physical abuse of any minor under 18 years
of age pursuant to | 24 | | proceedings under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of
1987.
| 25 | | (d) No school board shall knowingly employ a person for | 26 | | whom a criminal
history records check and a Statewide Sex |
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| 1 | | Offender Database check has not been initiated.
| 2 | | (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a | 3 | | finding of child
abuse by a holder of any
certificate issued | 4 | | pursuant to Article 21 or Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of this the
| 5 | | School Code or any license issued pursuant to Article 21B of | 6 | | this Code , the
State Superintendent of Education may initiate | 7 | | certificate or license suspension
and revocation proceedings | 8 | | as authorized by law.
| 9 | | (e-5) The superintendent of the employing school board | 10 | | shall, in writing, notify the State Superintendent of Education | 11 | | and the applicable regional superintendent of schools of any | 12 | | certificate or license holder whom he or she has reasonable | 13 | | cause to believe has committed an intentional act of abuse or | 14 | | neglect with the result of making a child an abused child or a | 15 | | neglected child, as defined in Section 3 of the Abused and | 16 | | Neglected Child Reporting Act, and that act resulted in the | 17 | | certificate or license holder's dismissal or resignation from | 18 | | the school district. This notification must be submitted within | 19 | | 30 days after the dismissal or resignation. The certificate or | 20 | | license holder must also be contemporaneously sent a copy of | 21 | | the notice by the superintendent. All correspondence, | 22 | | documentation, and other information so received by the | 23 | | regional superintendent of schools, the State Superintendent | 24 | | of Education, the State Board of Education, or the State | 25 | | Educator Preparation and Licensure Teacher Certification Board | 26 | | under this subsection (e-5) is confidential and must not be |
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| 1 | | disclosed to third parties, except (i) as necessary for the | 2 | | State Superintendent of Education or his or her designee to | 3 | | investigate and prosecute pursuant to Article 21 or 21B of this | 4 | | Code, (ii) pursuant to a court order, (iii) for disclosure to | 5 | | the certificate or license holder or his or her representative, | 6 | | or (iv) as otherwise provided in this Article and provided that | 7 | | any such information admitted into evidence in a hearing is | 8 | | exempt from this confidentiality and non-disclosure | 9 | | requirement. Except for an act of willful or wanton misconduct, | 10 | | any superintendent who provides notification as required in | 11 | | this subsection (e-5) shall have immunity from any liability, | 12 | | whether civil or criminal or that otherwise might result by | 13 | | reason of such action. | 14 | | (f) After January 1, 1990 the provisions of this Section | 15 | | shall apply
to all employees of persons or firms holding | 16 | | contracts with any school
district including, but not limited | 17 | | to, food service workers, school bus
drivers and other | 18 | | transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact
with | 19 | | the pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of | 20 | | criminal
history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex | 21 | | Offender Database on employees of persons or firms holding
| 22 | | contracts with more than one school district and assigned to | 23 | | more than one
school district, the regional superintendent of | 24 | | the educational service
region in which the contracting school | 25 | | districts are located may, at the
request of any such school | 26 | | district, be responsible for receiving the
authorization for
a |
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| 1 | | criminal history records check prepared by each such employee | 2 | | and
submitting the same to the Department of State Police and | 3 | | for conducting a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database | 4 | | for each employee. Any information
concerning the record of | 5 | | conviction and identification as a sex offender of any such | 6 | | employee obtained by the
regional superintendent shall be | 7 | | promptly reported to the president of the
appropriate school | 8 | | board or school boards.
| 9 | | (g) In order to student teach in the public schools, a | 10 | | person is required to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal | 11 | | history records check and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender | 12 | | Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against | 13 | | Youth Database prior to participating in any field experiences | 14 | | in the public schools. Authorization for and payment of the | 15 | | costs of the checks must be furnished by the student teacher. | 16 | | Results of the checks must be furnished to the higher education | 17 | | institution where the student teacher is enrolled and the | 18 | | superintendent of the school district where the student is | 19 | | assigned. | 20 | | (h) Upon request of a school, school district, community | 21 | | college district, or private school, any information obtained | 22 | | by a school district pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section | 23 | | within the last year must be made available to that school, | 24 | | school district, community college district, or private | 25 | | school. | 26 | | (Source: P.A. 96-431, eff. 8-13-09; 96-1452, eff. 8-20-10; |
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| 1 | | 96-1489, eff. 1-1-11; 97-154, eff. 1-1-12; 97-248, eff. 1-1-12; | 2 | | 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
| 3 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.5) | 4 | | Sec. 34-18.5. Criminal history records checks and checks of | 5 | | the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and | 6 | | Violent Offender Against Youth Database. | 7 | | (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection (a), | 8 | | certified Certified and noncertified or licensed and | 9 | | unlicensed applicants for
employment with the school district | 10 | | are required as a condition of
employment to authorize a | 11 | | fingerprint-based criminal history records check to determine | 12 | | if such applicants
have been convicted of any of the enumerated | 13 | | criminal or drug offenses in
subsection (c) of this Section or | 14 | | have been
convicted, within 7 years of the application for | 15 | | employment with the
school district, of any other felony under | 16 | | the laws of this State or of any
offense committed or attempted | 17 | | in any other state or against the laws of
the United States | 18 | | that, if committed or attempted in this State, would
have been | 19 | | punishable as a felony under the laws of this State. | 20 | | Authorization
for
the
check shall
be furnished by the applicant | 21 | | to the school district, except that if the
applicant is a | 22 | | substitute teacher seeking employment in more than one
school | 23 | | district, or a teacher seeking concurrent part-time employment
| 24 | | positions with more than one school district (as a reading | 25 | | specialist,
special education teacher or otherwise), or an |
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| 1 | | educational support
personnel employee seeking employment | 2 | | positions with more than one
district, any such district may | 3 | | require the applicant to furnish
authorization for
the check to | 4 | | the regional superintendent of the
educational service region | 5 | | in which are located the school districts in
which the | 6 | | applicant is seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent
| 7 | | part-time teacher or concurrent educational support personnel | 8 | | employee.
Upon receipt of this authorization, the school | 9 | | district or the appropriate
regional superintendent, as the | 10 | | case may be, shall submit the applicant's
name, sex, race, date | 11 | | of birth, social security number, fingerprint images, and other | 12 | | identifiers, as prescribed by the Department
of State Police, | 13 | | to the Department. The regional
superintendent submitting the | 14 | | requisite information to the Department of
State Police shall | 15 | | promptly notify the school districts in which the
applicant is | 16 | | seeking employment as a substitute or concurrent part-time
| 17 | | teacher or concurrent educational support personnel employee | 18 | | that
the
check of the applicant has been requested. The | 19 | | Department of State
Police and the Federal Bureau of | 20 | | Investigation shall furnish, pursuant to a fingerprint-based | 21 | | criminal history records check, records of convictions, until | 22 | | expunged, to the president of the school board for the school | 23 | | district that requested the check, or to the regional | 24 | | superintendent who requested the check. The
Department shall | 25 | | charge
the school district
or the appropriate regional | 26 | | superintendent a fee for
conducting
such check, which fee shall |
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| 1 | | be deposited in the State
Police Services Fund and shall not | 2 | | exceed the cost of the inquiry; and the
applicant shall not be | 3 | | charged a fee for
such check by the school
district or by the | 4 | | regional superintendent. Subject to appropriations for these | 5 | | purposes, the State Superintendent of Education shall | 6 | | reimburse the school district and regional superintendent for | 7 | | fees paid to obtain criminal history records checks under this | 8 | | Section. | 9 | | The requirements of this subsection (a) do not apply to a | 10 | | certified or licensed teacher who has retired from employment | 11 | | with a school district and is again applying for employment | 12 | | with a school district as a teacher if that person (i) | 13 | | submitted to a fingerprint-based criminal history records | 14 | | check as a condition of employment with a school district | 15 | | within the last 10 years, as of the date of application, and | 16 | | (ii) signs an affidavit stating that he or she has not been | 17 | | convicted of any crime since that check was performed, which | 18 | | affidavit shall be in a form as determined by the State Board | 19 | | of Education and filed with the school district. | 20 | | (a-5) The school district or regional superintendent shall | 21 | | further perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database, | 22 | | as authorized by the Sex Offender Community Notification Law, | 23 | | for each applicant. | 24 | | (a-6) The school district or regional superintendent shall | 25 | | further perform a check of the Statewide Murderer and Violent | 26 | | Offender Against Youth Database, as authorized by the Murderer |
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| 1 | | and Violent Offender Against Youth Community Notification Law, | 2 | | for each applicant. | 3 | | (b) Any
information concerning the record of convictions | 4 | | obtained by the president
of the board of education or the | 5 | | regional superintendent shall be
confidential and may only be | 6 | | transmitted to the general superintendent of
the school | 7 | | district or his designee, the appropriate regional
| 8 | | superintendent if
the check was requested by the board of | 9 | | education
for the school district, the presidents of the | 10 | | appropriate board of
education or school boards if
the check | 11 | | was requested from the
Department of State Police by the | 12 | | regional superintendent, the State
Superintendent of | 13 | | Education, the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | 14 | | Teacher Certification Board or any
other person necessary to | 15 | | the decision of hiring the applicant for
employment. A copy of | 16 | | the record of convictions obtained from the
Department of State | 17 | | Police shall be provided to the applicant for
employment. Upon | 18 | | the check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database, the school | 19 | | district or regional superintendent shall notify an applicant | 20 | | as to whether or not the applicant has been identified in the | 21 | | Database as a sex offender. If a check of an applicant for | 22 | | employment as a
substitute or concurrent part-time teacher or | 23 | | concurrent educational
support personnel employee in more than | 24 | | one school district was requested
by the regional | 25 | | superintendent, and the Department of State Police upon
a check | 26 | | ascertains that the applicant has not been convicted of any
of |
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| 1 | | the enumerated criminal or drug offenses in subsection (c)
or | 2 | | has not been
convicted,
within 7 years of the application for | 3 | | employment with the
school district, of any other felony under | 4 | | the laws of this State or of any
offense committed or attempted | 5 | | in any other state or against the laws of
the United States | 6 | | that, if committed or attempted in this State, would
have been | 7 | | punishable as a felony under the laws of this State and so
| 8 | | notifies the regional superintendent and if the regional | 9 | | superintendent upon a check ascertains that the applicant has | 10 | | not been identified in the Sex Offender Database as a sex | 11 | | offender, then the regional superintendent
shall issue to the | 12 | | applicant a certificate evidencing that as of the date
| 13 | | specified by the Department of State Police the applicant has | 14 | | not been
convicted of any of the enumerated criminal or drug | 15 | | offenses in subsection
(c)
or has not been
convicted, within 7 | 16 | | years of the application for employment with the
school | 17 | | district, of any other felony under the laws of this State or | 18 | | of any
offense committed or attempted in any other state or | 19 | | against the laws of
the United States that, if committed or | 20 | | attempted in this State, would
have been punishable as a felony | 21 | | under the laws of this State and evidencing that as of the date | 22 | | that the regional superintendent conducted a check of the | 23 | | Statewide Sex Offender Database, the applicant has not been | 24 | | identified in the Database as a sex offender. The school
board | 25 | | of any school district may rely on the certificate issued by | 26 | | any regional
superintendent to that substitute teacher, |
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| 1 | | concurrent part-time teacher, or concurrent educational | 2 | | support personnel employee
or may initiate its own criminal | 3 | | history records check of
the applicant through the Department | 4 | | of State Police and its own check of the Statewide Sex Offender | 5 | | Database as provided in
subsection (a). Any person who releases | 6 | | any confidential information
concerning any criminal | 7 | | convictions of an applicant for employment shall be
guilty of a | 8 | | Class A misdemeanor, unless the release of such information is
| 9 | | authorized by this Section. | 10 | | (c) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a | 11 | | person who has
been convicted of any offense that would subject | 12 | | him or her to license suspension or revocation pursuant to | 13 | | Section 21B-80 of this Code.
Further, the board of education | 14 | | shall not knowingly employ a person who has
been found to be | 15 | | the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor under
| 16 | | 18 years of age pursuant to proceedings under Article II of the | 17 | | Juvenile Court
Act of 1987. | 18 | | (d) The board of education shall not knowingly employ a | 19 | | person for whom
a criminal history records check and a | 20 | | Statewide Sex Offender Database check has not been initiated. | 21 | | (e) Upon receipt of the record of a conviction of or a | 22 | | finding of child
abuse by a holder of any
certificate issued | 23 | | pursuant to Article 21 or Section 34-8.1 or 34-83 of this the
| 24 | | School Code or any license issued pursuant to Article 21B of | 25 | | this Code , the State Superintendent of
Education may initiate | 26 | | certificate or license suspension and revocation
proceedings |
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| 1 | | as authorized by law. | 2 | | (e-5) The general superintendent of schools shall, in | 3 | | writing, notify the State Superintendent of Education of any | 4 | | certificate or license holder whom he or she has reasonable | 5 | | cause to believe has committed an intentional act of abuse or | 6 | | neglect with the result of making a child an abused child or a | 7 | | neglected child, as defined in Section 3 of the Abused and | 8 | | Neglected Child Reporting Act, and that act resulted in the | 9 | | certificate or license holder's dismissal or resignation from | 10 | | the school district. This notification must be submitted within | 11 | | 30 days after the dismissal or resignation. The certificate or | 12 | | license holder must also be contemporaneously sent a copy of | 13 | | the notice by the superintendent. All correspondence, | 14 | | documentation, and other information so received by the State | 15 | | Superintendent of Education, the State Board of Education, or | 16 | | the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Teacher | 17 | | Certification Board under this subsection (e-5) is | 18 | | confidential and must not be disclosed to third parties, except | 19 | | (i) as necessary for the State Superintendent of Education or | 20 | | his or her designee to investigate and prosecute pursuant to | 21 | | Article 21 or 21B of this Code, (ii) pursuant to a court order, | 22 | | (iii) for disclosure to the certificate or license holder or | 23 | | his or her representative, or (iv) as otherwise provided in | 24 | | this Article and provided that any such information admitted | 25 | | into evidence in a hearing is exempt from this confidentiality | 26 | | and non-disclosure requirement. Except for an act of willful or |
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| 1 | | wanton misconduct, any superintendent who provides | 2 | | notification as required in this subsection (e-5) shall have | 3 | | immunity from any liability, whether civil or criminal or that | 4 | | otherwise might result by reason of such action. | 5 | | (f) After March 19, 1990, the provisions of this Section | 6 | | shall apply to
all employees of persons or firms holding | 7 | | contracts with any school district
including, but not limited | 8 | | to, food service workers, school bus drivers and
other | 9 | | transportation employees, who have direct, daily contact with | 10 | | the
pupils of any school in such district. For purposes of | 11 | | criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex | 12 | | Offender Database on employees of persons or firms holding | 13 | | contracts with more
than one school district and assigned to | 14 | | more than one school district, the
regional superintendent of | 15 | | the educational service region in which the
contracting school | 16 | | districts are located may, at the request of any such
school | 17 | | district, be responsible for receiving the authorization for
a | 18 | | criminal history records check prepared by each such employee | 19 | | and submitting the same to the
Department of State Police and | 20 | | for conducting a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database | 21 | | for each employee. Any information concerning the record of
| 22 | | conviction and identification as a sex offender of any such | 23 | | employee obtained by the regional superintendent
shall be | 24 | | promptly reported to the president of the appropriate school | 25 | | board
or school boards. | 26 | | (g) In order to student teach in the public schools, a |
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| 1 | | person is required to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal | 2 | | history records check and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender | 3 | | Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against | 4 | | Youth Database prior to participating in any field experiences | 5 | | in the public schools. Authorization for and payment of the | 6 | | costs of the checks must be furnished by the student teacher. | 7 | | Results of the checks must be furnished to the higher education | 8 | | institution where the student teacher is enrolled and the | 9 | | general superintendent of schools. | 10 | | (h) Upon request of a school, school district, community | 11 | | college district, or private school, any information obtained | 12 | | by the school district pursuant to subsection (f) of this | 13 | | Section within the last year must be made available to that | 14 | | school, school district, community college district, or | 15 | | private school. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 96-431, eff. 8-13-09; 96-1452, eff. 8-20-10; | 17 | | 97-154, eff. 1-1-12; 97-248, eff. 1-1-12; 97-607, eff. 8-26-11; | 18 | | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
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