[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1896 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1896

To permit access to Federal crime information databases by educational 
                     agencies for certain purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 19, 2005

 Mr. Santorum introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To permit access to Federal crime information databases by educational 
                     agencies for certain purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Schools Safely Acquiring Faculty 
Excellence Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS TO FEDERAL CRIME INFORMATION DATA BASES BY EDUCATIONAL 
              AGENCIES FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.

    (a) In General.--The Attorney General of the United States shall, 
upon request of the chief executive officer of a State, conduct 
fingerprint-based checks of the national crime information databases 
(as defined in section 534(e)(3)(A) of title 28, United States Code), 
pursuant to a request submitted by a local educational agency or State 
educational agency in that State, on individuals under consideration 
for employment by the agency in a position in which the individual 
would work with or around children. Where possible, the check shall 
include a fingerprint-based check of State criminal history databases. 
The Attorney General and the States may charge any applicable fees for 
these checks.
    (b) Protection of Information.--An individual having information 
derived as a result of a check under subsection (a) may release that 
information only to an appropriate officer of a local educational 
agency or State educational agency, or to another person authorized by 
law to receive that information.
    (c) Criminal Penalties.--An individual who knowingly exceeds the 
authority in subsection (a), or knowingly releases information in 
violation of subsection (b), shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years 
or fined under title 18, United States Code, or both.
    (d) Definition.--In this section, the terms ``local educational 
agency'' and ``State educational agency'' have the meanings given to 
those terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
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