Expressing the sense of the Congress that information regarding the conviction of child-related sex offenses should be available to employers, and for other purposes.

Summary

Calls for: (1) criminal background checks for all prospective employees or volunteers of State-licensed or tax-funded organizations that interact with children; (2) an adult convicted of, or a child adjudicated as a delinquent for, a child-related sex offense to register a current address with the local law enforcement agency (LEA); (3) courts to require such persons to register with a local LEA as a condition of probation; (4) criminal penalties for failing to register and for violating confidentiality requirements regarding the release of information obtained through such registration; (5) LEAs to submit information on individuals convicted of such offenses to the national criminal history background check system and to access the Federal Bureau of Investigation database for criminal background checks on employees, or volunteers in State-licensed or federally funded organizations that interact with children; (6) the police, upon request, to release information on whether a person has been convicted of an offense if the convicted person lives in the same county as the person making the request; (7) a child care institution, foster family home, group home, or child placing agency to be prohibited from hiring an employee or utilizing a volunteer convicted of such an offense; (8) anyone applying for employment with a school to undergo a mandatory criminal history check; (9) a school to be prohibited from hiring or retaining a person known to have committed such an offense; (10) the State board of education to be prohibited from issuing a teaching license to a person convicted of an offense and to revoke a teacher's license permanently if the teacher is convicted of such an offense; and (11) in the case of an arrest or filing of charges for such offense, an LEA or prosecuting attorney to be required to notify the school superintendent regarding the arrest or filing of charges for such an offense against a person known to be employed by such school.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 8 February 1994

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  Introduced in House · EN · 8 February 1994

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