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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Protecting Our Servicemembers' Children from Sexual and Violent Predators Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires each Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary school and each&nbsp;local educational agency (LEA) that receives, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965,&nbsp;specified funds for children with a parent on active duty in the uniformed services to: </p> <ul> <li>require, for each employee of the LEA or school, a criminal background check that includes a search of specified registries and repositories; </li> <li>prohibit the employment of an individual who refuses to consent to, or who makes a false statement in connection with, a background check or who has been convicted of&nbsp;one of&nbsp;specified crimes; </li> <li>require background checks to be periodically repeated or updated in accordance with established policies; </li> <li>provide an employee&nbsp;with a timely process to appeal the results of a background check; and</li> <li>allow the LEA or school to share the results of a school employee's&nbsp;recent background check with another LEA that is considering that individual for employment. </li></ul> <p></s /></p> <p></s /></p>]]></text>
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