This bill would require every teacher to be fingerprinted upon applying for an initial teaching license and every time a teacher renews a teaching license. Fingerprints would have to be taken by a qualified law enforcement agency. A fingerprinting fee and a background fee would apply each time the teacher renews her license.
This bill would also require any other person who is employed by a school district in a position with direct contact with students to be fingerprinted by a qualified law enforcement agency prior to commencing any work involving students, and every 5 years thereafter.
Under the bill, teachers convicted of any of the crimes specified in K.S.A. 72-1397(a) or (b), or who entered into a diversion after having been charged with a crime specified in K.S.A. 72-1397(b) will be required to notify the State Board of Education of the conviction or diversion, and the KSBE will revoke that teacher’s license.
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