Texas § ED.22.0831 - NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REVIEW OF CERTIFIED EDUCATORS

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§ ED.22.0831. NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REVIEW OF CERTIFIED EDUCATORS

NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REVIEW OF CERTIFIED EDUCATORS. (a) In this section, "board" means the State Board for Educator Certification. (b) This section applies to a person who is an applicant for or holder of a certificate under Subchapter B , Chapter 21 , and who is employed by or is an applicant for employment by a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement. (c) The board shall review the national criminal history record information of a person who has not previously submitted fingerprints to the department or been subject to a national criminal history record information review. (d) The board shall place an educator's certificate on inactive status for failure to comply with a deadline for submitting information required under this section. (e) The board may allow a person who is applying for a certificate under Subchapter B , Chapter 21 , and who currently resides in another state to submit the person's fingerprints and other required information in a manner that does not impose an undue hardship on the person. (f) The board may propose rules to implement this section, including rules establishing: (1) deadlines for a person to submit fingerprints and photographs in compliance with this section; and (2) sanctions for a person's failure to comply with the requirements of this section, including suspension or revocation of a certificate or refusal to issue a certificate. (g) Expired. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1372 (S.B. 9 ), Sec. 9, eff. June 15, 2007.

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