Texas Education Code
§ 22.0835 — ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS OF STUDENT TEACHERS AND VOLUNTEERS BY LOCAL AND REGIONAL EDUCATION AUTHORITIES
ED § 22.0835Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS · Ch. 22. SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS · Art. C. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS
Statute text
View on source(a)A school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement shall obtain from the department and may obtain from any other law enforcement or criminal justice agency or a private entity that is a consumer reporting agency governed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1681 et seq.), all criminal history record information that relates to:
(1)a person participating in an internship consisting of student teaching to receive a teaching certificate; or
(2)a volunteer or person who has indicated, in writing, an intention to serve as a volunteer with the district, school, or shared services arrangement.
(b)A private school or regional education service center may obtain from any law enforcement or criminal justice agency all criminal history record information that relates to a person who volunteers or has indicated, in writing, an intention to serve as a volunteer with the school or service center.
(c)A person to whom Subsection (a) or (b) applies must provide to the school district, open-enrollment charter school, private school, regional education service center, or shared services arrangement a driver's license or another form of identification containing the person's photograph issued by an entity of the United States government.
(d)A person to whom Subsection (a) applies may not perform any student teaching or volunteer duties until all requirements under Subsections (a) and (c) have been satisfied.
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Legislative history
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 871 (H.B. 4123), Sec. 2, eff. June 13, 2023.