CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.





                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1936

    Amendment No.    

                            CHAMBER ACTION
              Senate                               House
                                   .
                                   .
 1                                 .
                                   .
 2                                 .
                                   .
 3                                 .
                                   .
 4                                                                

 5

 6

 7

 8

 9

10                                                                

11  Senator Klein moved the following amendment:

12

13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 25, between lines 28 and 29,

15

16  insert:

17         Section 8.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

18  231.02, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

19         231.02  Qualifications of personnel.--

20         (2)(a)  Instructional and noninstructional personnel

21  who are hired or contracted individually or by an agency to

22  fill positions requiring direct contact with students in any

23  district school system or laboratory school shall, upon

24  employment, file a complete set of fingerprints taken by an

25  authorized law enforcement officer or an employee of the

26  school or district who is trained to take fingerprints.  These

27  fingerprints shall be submitted to the Department of Law

28  Enforcement for state processing and to the Federal Bureau of

29  Investigation for federal processing. School districts that

30  have authorized criminal justice terminal access to the

31  Florida Crime Information Center Telecommunications Network

                                  1
    12:43 PM   04/20/99                             s1936c2c-28c7b




                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1936

    Amendment No.    





 1  may use this equipment for the background check of district

 2  employees or employees contracted individually or by an

 3  agency. However, the background check may not be in lieu of

 4  the requirement that fingerprints bey submitted to the Florida

 5  Department of Law Enforcement. Such new employees shall be on

 6  probationary status pending fingerprint processing and

 7  determination of compliance with standards of good moral

 8  character.  Employees found through fingerprint processing to

 9  have been convicted of, found guilty of, or entered a plea of

10  guilty or nolo contendere, regardless of adjudication to a

11  crime involving moral turpitude or other crime under s.

12  435.04, may shall not be employed in any position, except as

13  specifically approved by the district school board in

14  accordance with chapter 435 requiring direct contact with

15  students.  Probationary employees terminated because of their

16  criminal record shall have the right to appeal such decisions.

17  The cost of the fingerprint processing may be borne by the

18  school board, or the employee, or the contracted individual.

19  School districts may enter into an agreement with the Florida

20  Department of Law Enforcement for purposes of conducting

21  school volunteer background checks. Such agreements shall be

22  executed by the respective school superintendent and the

23  Executive Director of the Florida Department of Law

24  Enforcement.

25

26  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

27

28

29  ================ T I T L E   A M E N D M E N T ===============

30  And the title is amended as follows:

31         On page 2, line 16, after the semicolon

                                  2
    12:43 PM   04/20/99                             s1936c2c-28c7b




                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1936

    Amendment No.    





 1  insert:

 2         amending s. 231.02, F.S.; providing for access

 3         to the Florida Crime Information Center

 4         Telecommunications Network for background

 5         checks of school personnel; providing for the

 6         cost of background checks;

 7

 8

 9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

                                  3
    12:43 PM   04/20/99                             s1936c2c-28c7b