IN SB0160

Requires school corporations, charter schools, and accredited nonpublic schools to conduct either an expanded criminal history check or contract with a consumer reporting agency to conduct a background check for applicants before or within three months of employment.

Defines "expanded criminal history check" as a national criminal history background check plus a check of sex offender registries in all fifty states or the national sex offender registry maintained by the United States Department of Justice.

Allows schools to require applicants to provide written consent, fingerprints, and pay associated fees for the background check; applicants cannot be required to obtain a check more than once per five-year period.

Authorizes schools to require applicants to answer questions about their criminal history at the time of application, with dishonest answers constituting grounds for termination.

Requires the state police department to release results of expanded criminal history checks to the inquiring school; effective July 1, 2013.