3.0.0 474 2023-01-11T13:28:21Z 2023-01-11T13:28:21Z Senate S 2015-02-12 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-12T15:46:44Z Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act 114 4666 HR 2016-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Related bill CRS Protecting Our Servicemembers' Children from Sexual and Violent Predators Act 114 2625 S 2016-03-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. Related bill CRS 2015-02-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1345-1347) IntroReferral 2015-02-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. N M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2015-02-12 True C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore 2015-02-12 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2015-02-24 False M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2015-02-25 False I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2015-02-26 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2015-02-26 False W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2015-02-27 False J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2015-02-27 False G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO 2015-02-27 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2015-03-04 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2015-03-10 False M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2015-03-11 False Education Administrative remedies Assault and harassment offenses Child safety and welfare Crimes against children Criminal justice information and records Domestic violence and child abuse Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Employment discrimination and employee rights Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Personnel records Pornography School administration Sex offenses State and local government operations Teaching, teachers, curricula User charges and fees Violent crime Education 00 2015-02-12 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-20T20:48:54Z Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act

Requires states that receive funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to:

  • require criminal background checks for each school employee that include searches of the criminal registry or repository of the state in which the employee resides, the child abuse and neglect registries and databases of that state, the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Sex Offender Registry;
  • 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 one of specified felonies or of a violent or sexual crime against a minor;
  • require background checks to be periodically repeated or updated in accordance with state law or the policies of the state's local educational agencies (LEAs);
  • provide school employees who have had a background check with a copy of the background check if they request one and a timely process to appeal the results of the background check if it blocks their service as a school employee;
  • ensure that such policies and procedures are published on state and LEA websites; and
  • allow an LEA to share the results of a recent background check on a school employee with another LEA that is considering that individual for employment.

Prohibits states and LEAs from knowingly transferring or facilitating the transfer of any school employee if they know, or have substantive reason to believe, that such employee engaged in sexual misconduct with an elementary or secondary school student.

Allows: (1) the Attorney General and state law enforcement officials to charge reasonable fees for conducting the background checks, and (2) states and LEAs to use ESEA administrative funds to pay such fees.

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