Texas Education Code

§ 22A.157 — EMPLOYEES AND APPLICANTS CONVICTED OF OR PLACED ON DEFERRED ADJUDICATION COMMUNITY SUPERVISION FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES

ED § 22A.157Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part D. EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS · Ch. 22A. EMPLOYEE AND SERVICE PROVIDER MISCONDUCT · Art. D. PERSONS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR EMPLOYMENT OR PROVISION OF SERVICES

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(a)An educational entity shall discharge or refuse to hire an employee or applicant for employment if the entity obtains information through a criminal history record information review that the employee or applicant has been:

(1)convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication community supervision for an offense described by Section 22A.201(a)(1); or

(2)convicted of an offense described by Section 22A.201(a)(2).

(b)Subsection (a) does not apply if the employee or applicant for employment committed an offense under Title 5, Penal Code and:

(1)the date of the offense is more than 30 years before:

(A)the effective date of S.B. No. 9, Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, in the case of a person employed by a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement as of that date; or

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1372 (S.B. 9), Sec. 10, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1070 (H.B. 3270), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 2A.015, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 871 (H.B. 4123), Sec. 3, eff. June 13, 2023. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 22.085 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1138 (S.B. 571), Sec. 1.20, eff. June 20, 2025.