Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act

Summary

Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require each state educational agency (SEA) that receives funds under that Act to: (1) require criminal background checks for each school employee that include searches of the criminal registry or repository for each state in which the employee has resided, the child abuse and neglect registries and databases of such states, the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Sex Offender Registry; (2) prohibit the employment of an individual who refuses to consent to, or who makes false statements in connection with, a background check or who has been convicted of one of specified felonies or of a violent or sexual crime against a minor; (3) require an SEA or a local educational agency to report to local law enforcement whenever background check information indicates that a sexual predator has applied for employment; (4) require background checks to be repeated or updated in accordance with state law or local educational policy but not less than every five years; and (5) provide each school employee who has had a background check with a copy of, and a timely process to appeal, the results. Allows an SEA to maintain an inventory of all the information from background checks conducted on school employees in the state.

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• Referred in Senate (text)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 28 October 2013

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• Referred in Senate (PDF)

  Referred in Senate · EN · 28 October 2013

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• Engrossed in House (text)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 22 October 2013

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• Engrossed in House (PDF)

  Engrossed in House · EN · 22 October 2013

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 22 October 2013

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 22 May 2013

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  Introduced in House · EN · 22 May 2013

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 22 May 2013

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