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Current as of April 14, 2021 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement shall obtain criminal history record information that relates to a person who is not subject to a national criminal history record information review under this subchapter and who is an employee of:
(1) the district or school; or
(2) a shared services arrangement, if the employee's duties are performed on school property or at another location where students are regularly present.
(a-1) A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement may obtain the criminal history record information from:
(1) the department;
(2) a law enforcement or criminal justice agency; or
(3) a private entity that is a consumer reporting agency governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1681 et seq.).
(a-2) A shared services arrangement may obtain from any law enforcement or criminal justice agency all criminal history record information that relates to a person who is not subject to Subsection (a) and whom the shared services arrangement intends to employ in any capacity.
(b) A private school or regional education service center may obtain from any law enforcement or criminal justice agency all criminal history record information that relates to:
(1) a person whom the school or service center intends to employ in any capacity; or
(2) an employee of or applicant for employment by a person that contracts with the school or service center to provide services, if:
(A) the employee or applicant has or will have continuing duties related to the contracted services; and
(B) the employee or applicant has or will have direct contact with students.
(c), (d) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., ch. 1372, § 27.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Education Code - EDUC § 22.083. Access to Criminal History Records of Employees by Local and Regional Education Authorities - last updated April 14, 2021 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/education-code/educ-sect-22-083.html
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