TX HB3347

Expands mandatory reporting requirements to include educators who have inappropriate communications with students, fail to maintain appropriate boundaries, or commit physical mistreatment or threatened violence against students or minors

Reduces reporting timelines from seven business days to 48 hours for principals and superintendents to notify the State Board for Educator Certification about alleged misconduct involving abuse, sexual contact, inappropriate communications, or boundary violations with students

Expands offenses that permanently bar educator certification to include all felony offenses under Title 5 of the Penal Code (crimes against persons), felony public indecency offenses, and felonies involving school property

Requires the Texas Education Agency to maintain a registry of persons ineligible for public school employment, including those with revoked or denied certifications, suspended certifications, and non-certified individuals found to have engaged in misconduct

Prohibits educational entities from allowing persons on the ineligibility registry to provide services or be present at school-sponsored events, and requires annual superintendent certification of compliance with registry requirements