PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1327, 1426 PRINTER'S NO. 1654
No. 1139 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY SWEET, PICCOLA, PRATT, HAGARTY, MOEHLMANN,
KUKOVICH, GREENWOOD, CORDISCO, PRESSMANN, BALDWIN, McVERRY,
GALLAGHER, HAYES, FREIND AND REBER, MAY 1, 1985
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JUNE 5, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," requiring certain prospective
6 employees of public and private schools, INTERMEDIATE UNITS <--
7 AND AREA VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOLS to submit certain
8 records with employment applications.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. The act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known
12 as the Public School Code of 1949, is amended by adding a
13 section to read:
14 Section 111. Background Checks of Prospective Employes.--(a)
15 This section shall apply to all prospective employes of public
16 and private schools, INTERMEDIATE UNITS AND AREA VOCATIONAL- <--
17 TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, including independent contractors and their
18 employes, except those employes and independent contractors and
19 their employes who have no direct contact with children.
20 (b) Administrators of public and private schools, <--
1 INTERMEDIATE UNITS AND AREA VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOLS shall
2 require prospective employes to submit with their employment
3 application a report of criminal history record information from
4 the Pennsylvania State Police or a statement from the
5 Pennsylvania State Police that the central repository contains
6 no such information relating to that person. Such criminal
7 history record information shall be limited to that which is
8 disseminated pursuant to 18 Pa.C.S. § 9121(b)(2) (relating to
9 general regulations) and shall be no more than one (1) year old.
10 An applicant may submit a copy of the required information with
11 the application for employment. Administrators shall require
12 each applicant to produce the original document prior to
13 employment.
14 (c) Where the applicant is not a resident of the
15 Commonwealth, administrators shall require the applicant to
16 submit with the application for employment a report of Federal
17 criminal history record information pursuant to the Federal
18 Bureau of Investigation appropriation of Title II of Public Law
19 92-544, 86 Stat. 1115, and the department shall be the
20 intermediary for the purposes of this section.
21 (d) The State Board of Education shall, in the manner
22 provided by law, promulgate the regulations necessary to carry
23 out this section. The regulations shall provide for the
24 confidentiality of criminal history record information obtained
25 pursuant to this act.
26 (e) The requirements of this section shall not apply to
27 employes of public and private schools, INTERMEDIATE UNITS AND <--
28 AREA VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOLS who meet all the following
29 requirements:
30 (1) The employes are under twenty-one (21) years of age.
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1 (2) They are employed for periods of ninety (90) days or
2 less.
3 (3) They are a part of a job development and/or job training
4 program funded in whole or in part by public or private sources.
5 Once employment of a person who meets these conditions extends
6 beyond ninety (90) days, all requirements of this section shall
7 take effect.
8 Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 1986.
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