SB 970: Background Screening
GENERAL BILL by Stargel
Background Screening; Revising the requirement relating to background screening of instructional personnel in virtual instruction programs; providing background screening requirements for certain school district employees, contractual personnel, and instructional personnel in virtual instruction programs; requiring the fingerprints of certain noninstructional contractors to be enrolled in the national retained print arrest notification program; revising provisions relating to notification to education providers of charges against school district employees, etc.
Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died in Education Pre-K - 12
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died in Education Pre-K - 12
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
- Education Pre-K - 12 (ED)
- Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (AED)
- Fiscal Policy (FP)
-
Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/17/2015 Senate • Filed
2/26/2015 Senate • Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Fiscal Policy -SJ 99
3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 99
5/1/2015 Senate • Died in Education Pre-K - 12
-
SB 970, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/17/2015 at 3:15 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 477 (c1) Background Screening Sprowls Similar Last Action: 4/28/2015 H Died on Calendar
Location: On 2nd Reading Calendar
Citations - Statutes (13)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board. Page 21 (pdf) 1002.33 Charter schools. Page 22 (pdf) 1002.36 Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. Page 24 (pdf) 1002.421 Accountability of private schools participating in state school choice scholarship programs. Page 24 (pdf) 1002.45 Virtual instruction programs. Page 2 (pdf) 1012.315 Disqualification from employment. Page 6 (pdf) 1012.32 Qualifications of personnel. Page 10 (pdf), Page 25 (pdf) 1012.465 Background screening requirements for certain noninstructional school district employees and contractors. Page 12 (pdf) 1012.467 Noninstructional contractors who are permitted access to school grounds when students are present; background screening requirements. Page 16 (pdf) 1012.56 Educator certification requirements. Page 18 (pdf), Page 27 (pdf) 1012.795 Education Practices Commission; authority to discipline. Page 28 (pdf) 1012.796 Complaints against teachers and administrators; procedure; penalties. Page 20 (pdf) 1012.797 Notification of district school superintendent of certain charges against or convictions of employees. Page 20 (pdf)