Noncertificated public school employees: private school employees: egregious misconduct: statewide data system: Commission on Teacher Credentialing: adverse actions: contracts and background checks for educational services.
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Overview
This bill aims to improve the process for investigating and reporting egregious misconduct by school employees, both certificated and noncertificated. It establishes a statewide data system to track these reports, requiring local educational agencies and private schools to share information about substantiated misconduct. The bill also clarifies the criteria for reporting misconduct, shifts the focus to substantiated reports rather than investigations, and strengthens the role of the Commission on Teacher Credentialing in overseeing these processes. Furthermore, it updates background check requirements for contractors working with students.
Key provisions
- Requires disclosures of egregious misconduct to be based on substantiated reports, not just investigations.
- Establishes a statewide data system to record reports of egregious misconduct.
- Requires local educational agencies and private schools to provide relevant evidence or information to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing upon inquiry.
- Expands the definition of ‘egregious misconduct’ to include misconduct reported to the statewide data system.
- Updates background check requirements for contractors working with students.
- Requires local educational agencies and private schools to conduct investigations of credible complaints of misconduct.
- Provides a process for employees to request a hearing on substantiated reports.
- Mandates that local educational agencies and private schools maintain records of substantiated reports in the statewide data system.
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