HB 2023 Summary

• Establishes new discipline procedures for noncertificated school employees (those without teaching certificates but providing direct services to pupils), allowing the state board of education to prohibit employment at school districts or charter schools for up to five years for immoral or unprofessional conduct.

• Creates an educator information system maintained by the department of education that school districts and charter schools must search before hiring certificated or noncertificated employees.

• Requires school districts and charter schools to annually submit lists of employed certificated and noncertificated personnel to the department of education.

• Expands reporting requirements for immoral or unprofessional conduct to include noncertificated persons and establishes that failure to report constitutes grounds for disciplinary action.

• Modifies employment restrictions to prohibit hiring noncertificated persons who have been prohibited from employment by the state board of education, similar to existing restrictions on certificated employees with suspended, surrendered, or revoked certificates.