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FL H0477
Bill
Status
1/21/2015
Primary Sponsor
Education Committee
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AI Summary
CS/HB 477 - Background Screening Summary
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Expands background screening requirements for virtual instruction program employees, requiring fingerprint-based criminal history checks using state and national records similar to traditional school employees.
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Adds new disqualifying offenses for educator certification and student-contact positions, including Section 39.205 (failure to report child abuse), Section 775.085 (evidencing prejudice while committing offense if reclassified as felony), Section 787.06 (human trafficking), Section 790.166 (weapons of mass destruction), and Section 838.015 (bribery).
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Establishes Department of Law Enforcement participation in the national retained print arrest notification program, requiring fingerprints be retained and enrolled in the program with 5-year purging and ongoing arrest notification searches.
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Requires annual fees paid by school districts to the Department of Law Enforcement for participation in the fingerprint arrest notification search process, with fee amounts to be set by rule.
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Applies background screening and disqualification requirements to virtual instruction providers, charter schools, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, and private schools accepting scholarship students; effective July 1, 2015.
Legislative Description
Background Screening
Last Action
Died on Calendar
4/28/2015