HB 2110 Summary

• Expands the state board of education's disciplinary authority to include noncertificated school employees (those without teaching certificates who work directly with students unsupervised) in addition to certificated teachers.

• Requires school districts and charter schools to search the educator information system maintained by the department of education before hiring any certificated or noncertificated person.

• Establishes a new educator information system that tracks disciplinary actions taken against both certificated and noncertificated persons, with school districts required to annually submit lists of their employees to the department.

• Applies existing background investigation, fingerprinting, and criminal history check requirements to noncertificated employees who provide direct services to students without supervision from a certificated employee.

• Defines "noncertificated person" to exclude transportation employees, food service workers, maintenance workers, and others not required to have fingerprint clearance cards, focusing on those with direct unsupervised student contact.