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An Act To Facilitate Compliance by School Employees with Criminal History Record Check and Fingerprinting Requirements
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  20-A MRSA §13026  is enacted to read:
§ 13026. Compliance with criminal history record check and fingerprinting requirements
 
1.  List of school administrative unit employees.     Beginning January 1, 2019, and quarterly thereafter, a school administrative unit shall submit to the department a list of the names of all employees subject to certification, approval or authorization and indicate for each person included on the list the date on which the person most recently commenced employment with the school administrative unit.
 
2.  Notification of noncompliance.     Upon receipt of a list from a school administrative unit pursuant to subsection 1, the department shall determine for each person included on the list whether the person has complied with all applicable criminal history record check and fingerprinting requirements of section 6103 and rules adopted by the state board. If the department determines that the person has failed to comply with any such applicable requirement, the department shall immediately notify the school administrative unit of the person's failure to comply.
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Learning Systems Team Z081
 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds for 90% of the cost to local school administrative units to submit the names of all employees subject to certification, approval or authorization along with the date that each employee began working for the school administrative unit.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$0	$13,508	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$0	$13,508	

Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 128th Legislature, Second Special Session, unless otherwise indicated.