HOUSE BILL No. 4783

 

May 28, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Caswell, Nitz, Brandenburg, Milosch, Hummel, Gaffney, LaJoy, Vander Veen and Acciavatti and referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice.

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "The revised school code,"                                                  

                                                                                

    by amending sections 1230 and 1230a (MCL 380.1230 and 380.1230a),           

                                                                                

    section 1230 as amended by 1993 PA 284 and section 1230a as added           

                                                                                

    by 1995 PA 83.                                                              

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 1230.  (1) Beginning with hiring for the 1993-94 school                

                                                                                

2   year and subject to subsections (2), (4), and (5), upon an offer            

                                                                                

3   of initial employment being made by the board of a school                   

                                                                                

4   district, local act school district, or intermediate school                 

                                                                                

5   district or the governing body of a public school academy or                

                                                                                

6   nonpublic school to an individual for a position as a teacher or            

                                                                                

7   a school administrator or for a position requiring state board              

                                                                                

8   approval, the district, public school academy, or nonpublic                 

                                                                                

9   school shall request from the criminal records division of the              

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   department of state police a criminal history check on the                  

                                                                                

2   individual and, before employing the individual as a regular                

                                                                                

3   employee, shall have received from the department of state police           

                                                                                

4   the report described in subsection (8).                                     

                                                                                

5       (2) If the board of a school district, local act school                     

                                                                                

6   district, or intermediate school district or the governing body             

                                                                                

7   of a public school academy or nonpublic school determines it                

                                                                                

8   necessary to employ an individual for a position described in               

                                                                                

9   subsection (1) for a particular school year during that school              

                                                                                

10  year or within 30 days before the beginning of that school year,            

                                                                                

11  the board or governing body may employ the individual as a                  

                                                                                

12  conditional employee under this subsection without first                    

                                                                                

13  receiving the report described in subsection (8) if all of the              

                                                                                

14  following apply:                                                            

                                                                                

15      (a) The board or governing body requests the criminal history               

                                                                                

16  check required under subsection (1) before conditionally                    

                                                                                

17  employing the individual.                                                   

                                                                                

18      (b) The individual signs a statement that identifies all                    

                                                                                

19  crimes for which he or she has been convicted, if any, and                  

                                                                                

20  agreeing that, if the report described in subsection (8) is not             

                                                                                

21  the same as the individual's statement, his or her employment               

                                                                                

22  contract will be voidable at the option of the board or governing           

                                                                                

23  body.   Not later than July 28, 1993, the  The department shall             

                                                                                

24  develop and distribute to districts and nonpublic schools a model           

                                                                                

25  form for the statement required under this subdivision.  The                

                                                                                

26  department shall make the model form available to public school             

                                                                                

27  academies.  A district, public school academy, or nonpublic                 


                                                                                

1   school shall use the model form for the purposes of this                    

                                                                                

2   subsection.                                                                 

                                                                                

3       (3) If an individual is employed as a conditional employee                  

                                                                                

4   under subsection (2) and the report described in subsection (8)             

                                                                                

5   is not the same as the individual's statement under subsection              

                                                                                

6   (2), the board or governing body may void the individual's                  

                                                                                

7   employment contract.  If an employment contract is voided under             

                                                                                

8   this subsection, the individual's employment is terminated, a               

                                                                                

9   collective bargaining agreement that would otherwise apply to the           

                                                                                

10  individual's employment does not apply to the termination, and              

                                                                                

11  the district, public school academy, or nonpublic school or the             

                                                                                

12  board or governing body is not liable for the termination.                  

                                                                                

13      (4) For an applicant for a position as a substitute teacher,                

                                                                                

14  instead of requesting a criminal history check under                        

                                                                                

15  subsection (1), a school district, local act school district,               

                                                                                

16  intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic           

                                                                                

17  school may use a report received by another district, public                

                                                                                

18  school academy, or nonpublic school or maintained by the                    

                                                                                

19  department to confirm that the individual does not have any                 

                                                                                

20  criminal history.   If  Except as otherwise provided in                     

                                                                                

21  subsection (10), if that confirmation is not available,                     

                                                                                

22  subsection (1) applies to an applicant for a position as a                  

                                                                                

23  substitute teacher.                                                         

                                                                                

24      (5) If an applicant for a position described in                             

                                                                                

25  subsection (1) is being considered for employment in such a                 

                                                                                

26  position by more than 1 school district, local act school                   

                                                                                

27  district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or           


                                                                                

1   nonpublic school and if the applicant agrees in writing to allow            

                                                                                

2   a district, public school academy, or nonpublic school to share             

                                                                                

3   the report described in subsection (8) with another district,               

                                                                                

4   public school academy, or nonpublic school, a district, public              

                                                                                

5   school academy, or nonpublic school may satisfy the requirements            

                                                                                

6   of subsection (1) by obtaining a copy of the report described in            

                                                                                

7   subsection (8) from another district, public school academy, or             

                                                                                

8   nonpublic school.                                                           

                                                                                

9       (6) An applicant for a position described in subsection (1)                 

                                                                                

10  shall give written consent at the time of application for the               

                                                                                

11  criminal records division of the department of state police to              

                                                                                

12  conduct the criminal history check required under this section.             

                                                                                

13      (7) A school district, local act school district,                           

                                                                                

14  intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic           

                                                                                

15  school shall make a request to the criminal records division of             

                                                                                

16  the department of state police for a criminal history check                 

                                                                                

17  required under this section on a form and in a manner prescribed            

                                                                                

18  by the criminal records division of the department of state                 

                                                                                

19  police.                                                                     

                                                                                

20      (8) Within 30 days after receiving a proper request by a                    

                                                                                

21  school district, local act school district, intermediate school             

                                                                                

22  district, public school academy, or nonpublic school for a                  

                                                                                

23  criminal history check on an applicant under this section, the              

                                                                                

24  criminal records division of the department of state police shall           

                                                                                

25  conduct the criminal history check and, after conducting the                

                                                                                

26  criminal history check and within that time period, provide a               

                                                                                

27  report of the results of the criminal history check to the                  


                                                                                

1   district, public school academy, or nonpublic school.  The report           

                                                                                

2   shall contain any criminal history record information on the                

                                                                                

3   applicant maintained by the criminal records division of the                

                                                                                

4   department of state police.                                                 

                                                                                

5       (9) Criminal history record information received from the                   

                                                                                

6   criminal records division of the department of state police under           

                                                                                

7   subsection (8) shall be used by a school district, local act                

                                                                                

8   school district, intermediate school district, public school                

                                                                                

9   academy, or nonpublic school only for the purpose of evaluating             

                                                                                

10  an applicant's qualifications for employment in the position for            

                                                                                

11  which he or she has applied and for the purposes of                         

                                                                                

12  subsection (3).  A member of the board of a district or of the              

                                                                                

13  governing body of a public school academy or nonpublic school or            

                                                                                

14  an employee of a district, public school academy, or nonpublic              

                                                                                

15  school shall not disclose the report or its contents except any             

                                                                                

16  felony conviction or a misdemeanor conviction involving sexual or           

                                                                                

17  physical abuse to any person who is not directly involved in                

                                                                                

18  evaluating the applicant's qualifications for employment.                   

                                                                                

19  However, for the purposes of subsection (4), a person described             

                                                                                

20  in this subsection may confirm to an employee of another                    

                                                                                

21  district, public school academy, or nonpublic school that a                 

                                                                                

22  report under subsection (8) has revealed that an individual does            

                                                                                

23  not have any criminal history or may disclose that no report                

                                                                                

24  under subsection (8) has been received concerning the individual,           

                                                                                

25  and for the purposes of subsection (5), a person described in               

                                                                                

26  this subsection may provide a copy of the report under                      

                                                                                

27  subsection (8) concerning the individual to an appropriate                  


                                                                                

1   representative of another district, public school academy, or               

                                                                                

2   nonpublic school.  A person who violates this subsection is                 

                                                                                

3   guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than               

                                                                                

4   $10,000.00, but is not subject to the penalties under                       

                                                                                

5   section 1804.                                                               

                                                                                

6       (10) This section does not apply to an individual hired as a                

                                                                                

7   substitute teacher if that individual meets all of the                      

                                                                                

8   following:                                                                  

                                                                                

9       (a) Was employed as a teacher by a school district, local act               

                                                                                

10  school district, intermediate school district, public school                

                                                                                

11  academy, or nonpublic school and has retired from that                      

                                                                                

12  employment.                                                                 

                                                                                

13      (b) Is hired as a substitute teacher within 3 months after                  

                                                                                

14  his or her retirement effective date.                                       

                                                                                

15      (11)  (10)  As used in this section:                                        

                                                                                

16      (a) "Criminal history record information" means that term as                

                                                                                

17  defined in section 1a of  Act No. 289 of the Public Acts of 1925,           

                                                                                

18  being section 28.241a of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1925 PA 289,           

                                                                                

19  MCL 28.241a.                                                                

                                                                                

20      (b) "State board approval" means that term as defined in                    

                                                                                

21  section 1539b.                                                              

                                                                                

22      Sec. 1230a.  (1) In addition to the criminal history check                  

                                                                                

23  required under section 1230, the board of a school district,                

                                                                                

24  local act school district, or intermediate school district or the           

                                                                                

25  governing body of a public school academy or nonpublic school               

                                                                                

26  shall request the department of state police to conduct a                   

                                                                                

27  criminal records check through the federal bureau of                        


                                                                                

1   investigation on an applicant for, or an individual who is hired            

                                                                                

2   for, a position as a teacher or a school administrator or a                 

                                                                                

3   position requiring state board approval.  Except as provided in             

                                                                                

4   subsection (2), a board or governing body shall not employ an               

                                                                                

5   individual in a position described in this subsection until after           

                                                                                

6   the board or governing body receives the results of the criminal            

                                                                                

7   records check.  A board or governing body requesting a criminal             

                                                                                

8   records check under this section shall require the applicant or             

                                                                                

9   individual to submit his or her fingerprints to the department of           

                                                                                

10  state police for that purpose.  The department of state police              

                                                                                

11  may charge a fee for conducting the criminal records check.  A              

                                                                                

12  board or governing body shall require an individual to submit his           

                                                                                

13  or her fingerprints for the purposes of this section only at the            

                                                                                

14  time the individual initially applies for employment with the               

                                                                                

15  board or governing body or is initially employed by the board or            

                                                                                

16  governing body.                                                             

                                                                                

17      (2) If the board of a school district, local act school                     

                                                                                

18  district, or intermediate school district or the governing body             

                                                                                

19  of a public school academy or nonpublic school determines it                

                                                                                

20  necessary to employ an individual for a position described in               

                                                                                

21  subsection (1) for a particular school year during that school              

                                                                                

22  year or within 30 days before the beginning of that school year,            

                                                                                

23  the board or governing body may employ the individual as a                  

                                                                                

24  conditional employee under this subsection without first                    

                                                                                

25  receiving the results of the criminal records check under                   

                                                                                

26  subsection (1) if all of the following apply:                               

                                                                                

27      (a) The board or governing body requests the criminal records               


                                                                                

1   check under subsection (1) before conditionally employing the               

                                                                                

2   individual.                                                                 

                                                                                

3       (b) The individual signs a statement that identifies all                    

                                                                                

4   crimes for which he or she has been convicted, if any, and                  

                                                                                

5   agreeing that, if the results of the criminal records check under           

                                                                                

6   subsection (1) reveal information that is inconsistent with the             

                                                                                

7   individual's statement, his or her employment contract will be              

                                                                                

8   voidable at the option of the board or governing body.   Not                

                                                                                

9   later than September 30, 1995, the  The department shall develop            

                                                                                

10  and distribute to districts and nonpublic schools a model form              

                                                                                

11  for the statement required under this subdivision.  The                     

                                                                                

12  department shall make the model form available to public school             

                                                                                

13  academies.  A district, public school academy, or nonpublic                 

                                                                                

14  school shall use the model form for the purposes of this                    

                                                                                

15  subsection.                                                                 

                                                                                

16      (3) If an individual is employed as a conditional employee                  

                                                                                

17  under subsection (2) and the results of the criminal records                

                                                                                

18  check under subsection (1) reveal information that is                       

                                                                                

19  inconsistent with the individual's statement under subsection               

                                                                                

20  (2), the board or governing body may void the individual's                  

                                                                                

21  employment contract.  If an employment contract is voided under             

                                                                                

22  this subsection, the individual's employment is terminated, a               

                                                                                

23  collective bargaining agreement that would otherwise apply to the           

                                                                                

24  individual's employment does not apply to the termination, and              

                                                                                

25  the district, public school academy, or nonpublic school or the             

                                                                                

26  board or governing body is not liable for the termination.                  

                                                                                

27      (4) For an applicant for a position as a substitute teacher,                


                                                                                

1   instead of requesting a criminal records check under                        

                                                                                

2   subsection (1), a school district, local act school district,               

                                                                                

3   intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic           

                                                                                

4   school may use results received by another district, public                 

                                                                                

5   school academy, or nonpublic school or maintained by the                    

                                                                                

6   department to confirm that the individual does not have any                 

                                                                                

7   criminal history.   If  Except as otherwise provided in                     

                                                                                

8   subsection (10), if that confirmation is not available,                     

                                                                                

9   subsection (1) applies to an applicant for a position as a                  

                                                                                

10  substitute teacher.                                                         

                                                                                

11      (5) If an applicant for a position described in                             

                                                                                

12  subsection (1) is being considered for employment in such a                 

                                                                                

13  position by more than 1 school district, local act school                   

                                                                                

14  district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or           

                                                                                

15  nonpublic school and if the applicant agrees in writing to allow            

                                                                                

16  a district, public school academy, or nonpublic school to share             

                                                                                

17  the results of the criminal records check with another district,            

                                                                                

18  public school academy, or nonpublic school, then a district,                

                                                                                

19  public school academy, or nonpublic school may satisfy the                  

                                                                                

20  requirements of subsection (1) by obtaining a copy of the results           

                                                                                

21  of the criminal records check from another district, public                 

                                                                                

22  school academy, or nonpublic school.                                        

                                                                                

23      (6) An applicant for a position described in subsection (1)                 

                                                                                

24  shall give written consent at the time of application for the               

                                                                                

25  criminal records division of the department of state police to              

                                                                                

26  conduct the criminal records check required under this section.             

                                                                                

27      (7) A school district, local act school district,                           


                                                                                

1   intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic           

                                                                                

2   school shall make a request to the department of state police for           

                                                                                

3   a criminal records check under this section on a form and in a              

                                                                                

4   manner prescribed by the department of state police.                        

                                                                                

5       (8) The results of a criminal records check under this                      

                                                                                

6   section shall be used by a school district, local act school                

                                                                                

7   district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or           

                                                                                

8   nonpublic school only for the purpose of evaluating an                      

                                                                                

9   individual's qualifications for employment in the position for              

                                                                                

10  which he or she has applied and for the purposes of                         

                                                                                

11  subsections (3), (4), and (5).  A member of the board of a                  

                                                                                

12  district or of the governing body of a public school academy or             

                                                                                

13  nonpublic school or an employee of a district, public school                

                                                                                

14  academy, or nonpublic school shall not disclose those results,              

                                                                                

15  except any felony conviction or a misdemeanor conviction                    

                                                                                

16  involving sexual or physical abuse, to any person who is not                

                                                                                

17  directly involved in evaluating the individual's qualifications             

                                                                                

18  for employment.  However, for the purposes of subsections (4) and           

                                                                                

19  (5), a person described in this subsection may provide a copy of            

                                                                                

20  the results under subsection (1) concerning the individual to an            

                                                                                

21  appropriate representative of another district, public school               

                                                                                

22  academy, or nonpublic school.  A person who violates this                   

                                                                                

23  subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not           

                                                                                

24  more than $10,000.00, but is not subject to the penalties under             

                                                                                

25  section 1804.                                                               

                                                                                

26      (9) Within 30 days after receiving a proper request by a                    

                                                                                

27  school district, local act school district, intermediate school             


                                                                                

1   district, public school academy, or nonpublic school for a                  

                                                                                

2   criminal records check on an individual under this section, the             

                                                                                

3   criminal records division of the department of state police shall           

                                                                                

4   initiate the criminal records check.  After conducting the                  

                                                                                

5   criminal records check for a school district, local act school              

                                                                                

6   district, intermediate school district, or public school academy,           

                                                                                

7   the criminal records division of the department of state police             

                                                                                

8   shall provide the results of the criminal records check to the              

                                                                                

9   district or public school academy.  After conducting the criminal           

                                                                                

10  records check for a nonpublic school, the criminal records                  

                                                                                

11  division of the department of state police shall notify the                 

                                                                                

12  nonpublic school of whether or not the criminal records check               

                                                                                

13  disclosed any criminal history that is not disclosed in the                 

                                                                                

14  report on the individual provided to the nonpublic school under             

                                                                                

15  section 1230.                                                               

                                                                                

16      (10) This section does not apply to an individual hired as a                

                                                                                

17  substitute teacher if that individual meets all of the                      

                                                                                

18  following:                                                                  

                                                                                

19      (a) Was employed as a teacher by a school district, local act               

                                                                                

20  school district, intermediate school district, public school                

                                                                                

21  academy, or nonpublic school and has retired from that                      

                                                                                

22  employment.                                                                 

                                                                                

23      (b) Is hired as a substitute teacher within 3 months after                  

                                                                                

24  his or her retirement effective date.                                       

                                                                                

25      (11)  (10)  As used in this section, "state board approval"                 

                                                                                

26  means that term as defined in section 1539b.