SB 301 Summary

• State Board of Education shall deny or revoke certification of any person convicted of a felony, crime involving moral turpitude, domestic violence offense, or crime involving a minor; exception does not apply if conviction is reversed, vacated, or invalidated by appellate court.

• State Board may suspend certification of administrators, teachers, support personnel, or bus drivers without notice (but subject to Administrative Procedures Act) if actions may involve crime against minor or present danger to individuals, public, family, or students.

• Local school district boards must report within 30 days any termination or resignation of certified employees under investigation for state law violations to State Department of Education; State Board may then suspend or revoke certification by majority vote after notice and hearing.

• State Board may deny or revoke certification for falsifying, altering, or forging information submitted to State Department of Education, and may revoke certification of those with revoked or voluntarily surrendered certifications from other states for 5 years.

• Bill becomes effective July 1, 2015, with emergency clause allowing immediate effect upon passage and approval.