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6-17-415. Criminal records check and Child Maltreatment Central Registry check for existing nonlicensed employees.
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6-17-415. Criminal records check and Child Maltreatment Central Registry check for existing nonlicensed employees.
(a) It is the clear intent of the General Assembly to authorize each public school district at its discretion to require criminal background checks and Child Maltreatment Central Registry checks of existing nonlicensed employees in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as set forth in this section, and §§ 6-17-414 and 6-17-416 for newly hired nonlicensed applicants.
(b)(1) Any school district that, by a vote of its local school district board of directors, requires criminal records background checks and Child Maltreatment Central Registry checks for existing nonlicensed employees shall pay the full cost of the criminal records background checks and Child Maltreatment Central Registry checks.
(2)(A) Upon completion of the statewide and nationwide criminal records background checks and the Child Maltreatment Central Registry check, the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police or the Department of Human Services shall forward all releasable information to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(B) Within thirty (30) days of receiving all releasable information that has been forwarded by the Identification Bureau and the Department of Human Services under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall inform the board of directors of the educational entity whether or not the affected applicant is eligible for employment as provided under § 6-17-414.
(3) A public school district under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall require that an existing nonlicensed employee complete a criminal records background check and Child Maltreatment Central R
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-415
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6-17-415. Criminal records check and Child Maltreatment Central Registry check for existing nonlicensed employees.
(a) It is the clear intent of the General Assembly to authorize each public school district at its discretion to require criminal background checks and Child Maltreatment Central Registry checks of existing nonlicensed employees in the same manner and subject to the same terms and conditions as set forth in this section, and §§ 6-17-414 and 6-17-416 for newly hired nonlicensed applicants.
(b)(1) Any school district that, by a vote of its local school district board of directors, requires criminal records background checks and Child Maltreatment Central Registry checks for existing nonlicensed employees shall pay the full cost of the criminal records background checks and Child Maltreatment Central Registry checks.
(2)(A) Upon completion of the statewide and nationwide criminal records background checks and the Child Maltreatment Central Registry check, the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police or the Department of Human Services shall forward all releasable information to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(B) Within thirty (30) days of receiving all releasable information that has been forwarded by the Identification Bureau and the Department of Human Services under subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section, the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education shall inform the board of directors of the educational entity whether or not the affected applicant is eligible for employment as provided under § 6-17-414.
(3) A public school district under subdivision (b)(1) of this section shall require that an existing nonlicensed employee complete a criminal records background check and Child Maltreatment Central Registry check at least one (1) time every five (5) years.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
6-17-414. Criminal records check as a condition for initial employment of nonlicensed personnel — Definitions.
(a)(1)(A)(i) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(1)(C) of this section, the board of directors of an educational entity shall require as a condition for initial employment or noncontinuous reemployment in a nonlicensed staff position any person making application to apply to the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police for statewide and nationwide criminal records checks, the latter to be conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(ii) The checks shall conform to the applicable federal standards and shall include the taking of fingerprints as required under § 6-17-417.
(iii) The Identification Bureau and the Federal Bureau of Investigation may maintain these fingerprints in the automated fingerprint identification system.
(B)(i) The person shall sign a release of information to the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.
(ii) Unless the employing educational entity's board of directors has taken action to pay for the cost of criminal background checks required by this section, the employment applicant shall be responsible for the payment of any fee associated with the criminal records checks.
(C)(i) The board of directors of a school district created by consolidation, annexation, or detachment may waive the requirements under subdivisions (a)(1)(A) and (B) of this section for personnel who were employed by an affected district immediately before the annexation, consolidation, or detachment and who had complete criminal background checks conducted as a condition of the person's most recent employment with the affected district as required under this section.
(ii) As used in subdivision (a)(1)(C)(i) of this sec
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-414
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6-17-416. Criminal records check and Child Maltreatment Central Registry check of employees of more than one school district.
Employees, whether new or existing, who have a contract with or work for more than one (1) school district in one (1) year shall be required to have only one (1) criminal background check and one (1) Child Maltreatment Central Registry check to satisfy the requirements of all employing school districts for that year.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-17-416
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-17-416. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.