HB1822: Public school employees; offense involving solicitation of sexual molestation, etc.

Legislative Summary

Public school employees; offense involving solicitation of sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child; penalty. Provides that the convictions that bar employment and contract work that requires direct contact with students on school property during school hours or school-sponsored activities in public schools include any offense involving the solicitation of sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child. Current law prohibits any school board from employing or contracting with anyone who has been convicted of a violent felony set forth in the definition of barrier crime or any offense involving sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child, but does not specify that this includes any offense involving the solicitation of any such offense.