CHAPTER 170
SB 352 - FINAL VERSION
2022 SESSION
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SENATE BILL 352
AN ACT relative to substitute teacher criminal history records check.
SPONSORS: Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9
COMMITTEE: Education
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ANALYSIS
This bill permits substitute teachers who have undergone a criminal records check to work within the same school administrative unit without undergoing an additional records check.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to substitute teacher criminal history records check.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
170:1 School Employee and Designated School Volunteer Criminal History Records Check. Amend RSA 189:13-a, VI to read as follows:
VI. In accordance with paragraphs I-V, this section shall apply to any employee, including substitute teachers, selected applicant for employment, designated volunteer, volunteer organization, or individual or entity which contracts with a school administrative unit, school district, chartered public school, or public academy to provide services, including but not limited to cafeteria workers, school bus drivers, custodial personnel, or any other service where the contractor or employees of the contractor provide services directly to students of the district, chartered public school, or public academy. Substitute teachers who have undergone a criminal history records check under this section for a school administrative unit shall not be required to undergo an additional criminal history records check, if working for a school district within the same school administrative unit, unless required by the superintendent or by policies of the other school districts within that same school administrative unit. Criminal history records checks for substitute teachers within the same school administrative unit, shall be valid for a period of 3 years. The employing school administrative unit, school district, or chartered public school shall be responsible for completing the criminal history records check on the people identified in this paragraph, except for school bus drivers and transportation monitors, as provided in RSA 189:13-b. The cost for criminal history records checks for employees or selected applicants for employment with such contractors shall be borne by the contractor.
170:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 07, 2022
Effective Date: August 06, 2022