Texas Education Code

§ 1001.2514 — LICENSE HOLDERS AND APPLICANTS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES

ED § 1001.2514Title 5. OTHER EDUCATION · Ch. 1001. DRIVER AND TRAFFIC SAFETY EDUCATION · Art. F. LICENSING OF INSTRUCTORS

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(a)A driver education provider shall discharge or refuse to hire as an instructor an employee or applicant for employment if the department obtains information through a criminal history record information review that:

(1)the employee or applicant has been convicted of:

(A)a felony offense under Title 5, Penal Code;

(B)an offense on conviction of which a defendant is required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; or

(C)an offense under the laws of another state or federal law that is equivalent to an offense under Paragraph (A) or (B); and

(2)at the time the offense occurred, the victim of the offense described by Subdivision (1) was under 18 years of age or was enrolled in a public school.

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Legislative history

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1044 (H.B. 1786), Sec. 39, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 663 (H.B. 1560), Sec. 5.36, eff. September 1, 2021.