Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R1966 MEW-D
2	2	By: Bettencourt, et al. S.B. No. 571
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the eligibility of certain contract employees to
10	10	provide services to a public school and access to the registry of
11	11	persons who are not eligible for employment at public schools.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Sections 22.0834(a) and (o), Education Code, are
14	14	amended to read as follows:
15	15	(a) This [Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), this]
16	16	subsection applies to a person who is not an applicant for or holder
17	17	of a certificate under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and who is offered
18	18	employment by an entity or a subcontractor of an entity that
19	19	contracts with a school district, open-enrollment charter school,
20	20	or shared services arrangement to provide services, if[:
21	21	[(1)] the employee or applicant has or will have
22	22	[continuing] duties related to the contracted services that require
23	23	the employee or applicant to be physically present at an
24	24	instructional facility[; and
25	25	[(2) the employee or applicant has or will have direct
26	26	contact with students].
27	27	(o) A school district, charter school, regional education
28	28	service center, commercial transportation company, education
29	29	shared services arrangement, or qualified school contractor,
30	30	contracting entity, or subcontracting entity may not permit an
31	31	employee to whom Subsection (a) applies to provide services at a
32	32	school if the employee:
33	33	(1) has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor
34	34	offense that would prevent a person from being employed under
35	35	Section 22.085(a); or
36	36	(2) is identified as having engaged in misconduct
37	37	described by Section 22.093(c)(1)(A) or (B) using the interagency
38	38	reportable conduct search engine established under Chapter 810,
39	39	Health and Safety Code.
40	40	SECTION 2. Section 22.092(d), Education Code, is amended to
41	41	read as follows:
42	42	(d) The agency shall provide equivalent access to the
43	43	registry maintained under this section to:
44	44	(1) private schools;
45	45	(2) public schools; [and]
46	46	(3) nonprofit teacher organizations approved by the
47	47	commissioner for the purpose of participating in the tutoring
48	48	program established under Section 33.913; and
49	49	(4) entities and subcontractors of entities that
50	50	contract with a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or
51	51	shared services arrangement to provide services.
52	52	SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Education Code
53	53	are repealed:
54	54	(1) Sections 22.0834(a-1) and (l); and
55	55	(2) Section 22.0834(p)(2).
56	56	SECTION 4. Section 22.0834, Education Code, as amended by
57	57	this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the
58	58	effective date of this Act.
59	59	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
60	60	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
61	61	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
62	62	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
63	63	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.