SB 1558
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
Second Regular Session
Senate: ED DP 7-0-1-0 | 3rd Read 28-0-2-0
House: ED DP 6-1-0-3
SB 1558: school employment; criminal convictions; disclosure
Sponsor: Senator Bennett, LD 1
House Engrossed
Overview
Instructs a person applying for employment at a school district, charter school or private
school (school) to provide disclosure of specified criminal offenses.
History
Charter school personnel who are directly or indirectly engaged in instructional work and
other specified charter school-related individuals must have a valid fingerprint clearance
card (FCC). All other charter school employees must be fingerprint checked, and the charter
school may require these employees to obtain a valid FCC. Furthermore, any person who
applies for a certificate issued by the State Board of Education (SBE) must have a valid FCC.
School district personnel who are not certificated and personnel who provide services directly
to students without being supervised by a certificated employee and who meet other
prescribed criteria must be fingerprinted, though the school district may require these
employees to obtain a valid FCC. Statute lists the offenses that preclude a person from
receiving an FCC, including a dangerous crime against children and offenses that require a
person to register as a sex offender (A.R.S. §§ 15-106, 15-183, 15-512, 15-534, 41-1758.03).
A person is guilty of unprofessional conduct if they are convicted of: 1) a dangerous crime
against children; 2) sexual abuse or sexual assault of a minor; 3) an act committed in another
state or territory that if committed in Arizona would be a dangerous crime against children
or sexual abuse or sexual assault of a minor; 4) sexual conduct with a minor; 5) a preparatory
offense of these offenses; or 6) any crime that requires sex offender registration. A person
convicted of these offenses must have their certificate revoked by SBE or be prohibited from
employment at a public school if the person is not certificated (A.R.S. § 15-550).
Provisions
1. Requires a person applying for employment by a school to disclose whether they have pled
guilty, pled no contest, been convicted of or are awaiting trial on:
a) a dangerous crime against children;
b) sexual abuse or sexual assault of a minor;
c) an act committed in another state or territory that if committed in Arizona would be
a dangerous crime against children or sexual abuse or sexual assault of a minor;
d) sexual conduct with a minor;
e) any crime that requires a person to register as a sex offender; or
f) a preparatory offense of these offenses.
2. Declares an individual who knowingly violates the requirement to provide disclosure of
the specified criminal offenses is guilty of a class 6 felony.
3. Defines school.
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