Bill Text: TX SB571 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain contract employees to provide services to a public school and access to the registry of persons who are not eligible for employment at public schools.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-12 - Filed [SB571 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB571-Introduced.html
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By: Bettencourt, et al. | S.B. No. 571 |
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relating to the eligibility of certain contract employees to | ||
provide services to a public school and access to the registry of | ||
persons who are not eligible for employment at public schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 22.0834(a) and (o), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
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subsection applies to a person who is not an applicant for or holder | ||
of a certificate under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and who is offered | ||
employment by an entity or a subcontractor of an entity that | ||
contracts with a school district, open-enrollment charter school, | ||
or shared services arrangement to provide services, if[ |
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the employee or applicant to be physically present at an | ||
instructional facility[ |
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(o) A school district, charter school, regional education | ||
service center, commercial transportation company, education | ||
shared services arrangement, or qualified school contractor, | ||
contracting entity, or subcontracting entity may not permit an | ||
employee to whom Subsection (a) applies to provide services at a | ||
school if the employee: | ||
(1) has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor | ||
offense that would prevent a person from being employed under | ||
Section 22.085(a); or | ||
(2) is identified as having engaged in misconduct | ||
described by Section 22.093(c)(1)(A) or (B) using the interagency | ||
reportable conduct search engine established under Chapter 810, | ||
Health and Safety Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 22.092(d), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) The agency shall provide equivalent access to the | ||
registry maintained under this section to: | ||
(1) private schools; | ||
(2) public schools; [ |
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(3) nonprofit teacher organizations approved by the | ||
commissioner for the purpose of participating in the tutoring | ||
program established under Section 33.913; and | ||
(4) entities and subcontractors of entities that | ||
contract with a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or | ||
shared services arrangement to provide services. | ||
SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Education Code | ||
are repealed: | ||
(1) Sections 22.0834(a-1) and (l); and | ||
(2) Section 22.0834(p)(2). | ||
SECTION 4. Section 22.0834, Education Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2025. |