Bill Text: CT SB00407 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 407 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Eliminating The Criminal History Records Check For Certain Applicants For Teaching Positions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-19 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [SB00407 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-SB00407-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 407*
*January Session, 2017*		LCO No. 1587
		01587
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
SEN. BOUCHER, 26th Dist.

AN ACT ELIMINATING THE CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECK FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS FOR TEACHING POSITIONS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 10-221d of the general statutes be amended to eliminate the requirement that an applicant for a position in a public school submit to a state and national criminal history records check if such applicant has previously submitted to such criminal history records check prior to employment with another local or regional board of education in the state.

Statement of Purpose:

To reduce mandates on school districts.