1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; modifying school background check requirements relating 
1.3 	to disciplinary actions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.03, 
1.4 	subdivision 1a.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 123B.03, subdivision 1a, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 1a.Investigation of disciplinary actions taken against prospective 
1.9 	teachers. (a) At the time a school board or other hiring authority conducts the criminal 
1.10 	history background check required under subdivision 1 on an individual offered 
1.11 	employment as a teacher, the school board or other hiring authority must contact the 
1.12 	Board of Teaching to determine whether the board has taken disciplinary action against 
1.13 	the teacher based on a board determination that sexual misconduct or attempted sexual 
1.14 	misconduct occurred between the teacher and a student or other misconduct resulting in 
1.15 	board disciplinary action. If disciplinary action has been taken based on this type of
1.16 	misconduct, the school board or other hiring authority must obtain access to data that are 
1.17 	public under section 13.41, subdivision 5, that relate to the substance of the disciplinary 
1.18 	action. In addition, the school board or other hiring authority must require the individual 
1.19 	to provide information in the employment application regarding all current and previous 
1.20 	disciplinary actions in Minnesota and other states taken against the individual's teaching 
1.21 	license as a result of sexual misconduct or attempted sexual misconduct with a student 
1.22 	or other misconduct and indicate to the applicant that intentionally submitting false or 
1.23 	incomplete information is a ground for dismissal.
2.1 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "disciplinary action" does not include an action 
2.2 	based on court-ordered child support or maintenance payment arrearages under section 
2.3 	214.101 or delinquent state taxes under section 270C.72.

2.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective May 1, 2009.