By: Hegar S.B. No. 1042
(In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2011; March 16, 2011, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 4, 2011,
reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
April 4, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of employees convicted of certain
offenses to provide services under a contract with a public school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (o), Section 22.0834, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(o) A contracting or subcontracting entity may not permit an
employee to whom Subsection (a) applies to provide services at a
school if the employee has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor
offense that would prevent a person from being employed [obtaining
certification as an educator] under Section 22.085(a) [21.060].
SECTION 2. Subsection (o), Section 22.0834, Education Code,
as amended by this Act, applies to the provision of services at a
public school by an employee of a contracting or subcontracting
entity without regard to whether the contract or subcontract under
which the person is employed was entered into before, on, or after
the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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