Senate Bill 242 Summary

• Requires schools to provide employment history records of licensed school employees to other schools during hiring, including substantiated reports of misconduct or offenses listed under state law.

• Mandates schools report agreements to the state superintendent that suppress information about investigations, substantiated reports, or allow employees to resign to avoid discipline within ten days of execution.

• Authorizes the Department of Education to revoke teacher licenses for convictions of comparable offenses in other states or under federal law, and for misdemeanor convictions comparable to felonies listed in state statute upon request by a governing body.

• Permits governing bodies to withhold salary and employment benefits from suspended teachers only when a substantiated report of misconduct or offenses has been received by the superintendent.

• Requires schools to expunge substantiated reports and references when a current or former employee provides written proof of formal exoneration from claims in the report.