Bill Text: CT SB00861 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 861
January Session, 2015		LCO No. 3218
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Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
Introduced by:
(HED)

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) 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 shall include provisions enabling such institution of higher education or the constituent unit that has jurisdiction over such institution of higher education to (1) require a faculty member to submit, at any time prior to promotion, to a state and national criminal history records check conducted in accordance with section 29-17a of the general statutes, and (2) discipline a faculty member for any criminal conduct on the part of the faculty member while employed by such institution of higher education by means including, but not limited to, termination of employment.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2015	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To allow for criminal history records checks of faculty members of institutions of higher education in this state and to give such institutions the ability to discipline a faculty member for criminal conduct while employed by such an institution.

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