<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>history background checks;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.03, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Background check required.</b> (a) A school hiring authority, as <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>defined in subdivision 3, shall request a criminal history background check from the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on all individuals who are <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>offered employment in the school, as defined in subdivision 3. In order to be eligible for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>employment, an individual who is offered employment must provide an executed criminal <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>history consent form and a money order or check payable to either the Bureau of Criminal <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>Apprehension or the school hiring authority, at the election of the school hiring authority, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>in an amount equal to the actual cost to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>school district of conducting the criminal history background check. A school hiring <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>authority electing to receive payment may, at its discretion, accept payment in the form of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>a negotiable instrument other than a money order or check and shall pay the superintendent <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension directly to conduct the background check. The <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension shall conduct the background <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>check by retrieving criminal history data maintained in the criminal justice information <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>system computers. A school hiring authority, at its discretion, may elect not to request a <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>criminal history background check on an individual who holds an initial entrance license <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>issued by the State Board of Teaching or the commissioner of education within the 12 <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>months preceding an offer of employment.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(b) A school hiring authority may use the results of a criminal background check <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>conducted at the request of another school hiring authority if:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>(1) the results of the criminal background check are on file with the other school <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>hiring authority or otherwise accessible;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>(2) the other school hiring authority conducted a criminal background check within <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>the previous 12 months;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>(3) the individual who is the subject of the criminal background check executes a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>written consent form giving a school hiring authority access to the results of the check; and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>(4) there is no reason to believe that the individual has committed an act subsequent <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>to the check that would disqualify the individual for employment.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>(c) A school hiring authority may, at its discretion, request a criminal history <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>background check from the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>any individual who seeks to enter a school or its grounds for the purpose of serving as a <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>school volunteer or working as an independent contractor or student employee. In order <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>for an individual to enter a school or its grounds under this paragraph when the school <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>hiring authority elects to request a criminal history background check on the individual, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>the individual first must provide an executed criminal history consent form and a money <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>order, check, or other negotiable instrument payable to the school district in an amount <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>equal to the actual cost to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the school district <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>of conducting the criminal history background check. Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>299C.62, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, the cost of the criminal history background check under this paragraph is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>the responsibility of the individual. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>(d) For all nonstate residents who are offered employment in a school, a school <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>hiring authority shall request a criminal history background check on such individuals <br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>from the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and from the government <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>agency performing the same function in the resident state or, if no government entity <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>performs the same function in the resident state, from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>Such individuals must provide an executed criminal history consent form and a money <br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>order, check, or other negotiable instrument payable to the school hiring authority in an <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>amount equal to the actual cost to the government agencies and the school district of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>conducting the criminal history background check. Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>299C.62, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, the cost of the criminal history background check under this paragraph is <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>the responsibility of the individual. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>(e) Consistent with the terms in paragraph (a), a school hiring authority, as defined in <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>subdivision 3, shall request a criminal history background check from the superintendent <br/>
<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension on an individual who elects to provide athletic <br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>coaching services or other extracurricular or cocurricular services to a district, regardless <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>of the terms of the service.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>