TITLE: Relating to the registry maintained by the Texas Education Agency of persons who are not eligible to be employed by public schools.

SUMMARY: Relating to the registry maintained by the Texas Education Agency of persons who are not eligible to be employed by public schools.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the registry maintained by the Texas Education Agency of persons who are not eligible to be employed by public schools. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 22.092(c), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) The registry maintained under this section must list the following persons as not eligible to be employed by public schools: (1) a person determined by the agency under Section 22.0832 as a person who would not be eligible for educator certification under Subchapter B, Chapter 21; (2) a person determined by the agency to be not eligible for employment based on the person's criminal history record information review, as provided by Section 22.0833; (3) a person who is not eligible for employment based on criminal history record information received by the agency under Section 21.058(b); (4) a person whose certification or permit issued under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, is revoked or whose application for a certificate or permit under that subchapter is denied by the State Board for Educator Certification on a finding that the person engaged in misconduct described by Section 21.006(b)(2)(A) or (A-1); and (5) a person who is determined by the commissioner under Section 22.094 to have engaged in misconduct described by Section 22.093(c)(1)(A) or (B). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.