Bill Text: CT SB00861 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

Connecticut Senate Bill 861 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Criminal History Records Checks And Discipline Of Faculty Members Of Institutions Of Higher Education.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-12 - No Action [SB00861 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00861-Comm_Sub.html

General Assembly		*Substitute Bill No. 861*
*January Session, 2015*		_____SB00861PS____042815____

AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS AND DISCIPLINE OF FACULTY MEMBERS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015) (a) An institution of higher education in the state, and the constituent unit, as defined in section 10a-1 of the general statutes, that has jurisdiction over such institution may (1) require a faculty member who is actively under consideration for promotion to submit to a state and national criminal history records check conducted in accordance with section 29-17a of the general statutes, and (2) in accordance with such institution's disciplinary procedures, discipline a faculty member who is convicted of a felony while employed by such institution by means including, but not limited to, termination of employment.

(b) Any collective bargaining agreement entered into on or after October 1, 2016, that is applicable to faculty of an institution of higher education in the state and any employment contract entered into on or after such date between a faculty member of an institution of higher education in the state and such institution shall not include any provision limiting the ability of such institution or the constituent unit that has jurisdiction over such institution to carry out the purposes of subsection (a) of this section.