HB225 Alabama 2017 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

John W. Rogers Representative

Democrat

Session

Regular Session 2017

Title

Teachers, teaching certificates, revocation, State Superintendent of Education to coordinate with Criminal Justice Information Center in identifying any teachers convicted of a felony, State Superintendent required to notify school districts, Sec. 16-23-5 am'd.; Act 2010-264, 2010 Reg. Sess. am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the State Superintendent of Education must revoke the teaching certificate of any person convicted of certain felony crimes, including rape, murder, kidnapping, robbery, and other violent and sex crimes.

This bill would require the State Superintendent of Education to compile a list of teachers who hold teaching certificates in the state and transmit the list to the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center.

This bill would require the Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center to notify the State Superintendent of Education of any teachers on the list who have been convicted of a felony and require the superintendent to notify any school district that employs a teacher who has been convicted of a felony of the teacher's conviction.

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Subjects

Education