111th Congress > House > Vote 1646

Date: December 21, 2010

Result: 314-20 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 663

Vote Subject Matter: Government Management / Regulation Special Interest

Sponsor: MILLER, George (D-CA)

Bill number: HR6547

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Description: Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require each state receiving funds under that Act to have in effect policies and procedures that: (1) require criminal background checks for school employees, including searches of state criminal registries or repositories, state-based child abuse and neglect registries and databases, the National Crime Information Center of the Department of Justice, the National Sex Offender Registry, and the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and (2) prohibit the employment of school employees who refuse to consent to a criminal background check, make false statements in connection with one, or have been convicted of one of a list of felonies or any other crime that is a violent or sexual crime against a child. Lists those felonies as: (1) homicide; (2) child abuse or neglect; (3) crimes against children; (4) spousal abuse; (5) crimes involving rape or sexual assault; (6) kidnapping; (7) arson; and (8) physical assault, battery, or drug-related offenses, committed within the past five years. Requires local educational agencies (LEAs) or state educational agencies (SEAs) to report to local law enforcement any applicants for school employment who are discovered to be sexual predators. Requires periodic repetitions of such criminal background checks. Requires such states to provide for a timely process under which school employees may: (1) appeal the results of a criminal background check to challenge the accuracy or completeness of the information produced; and (2) seek appropriate relief for any final employment decision based on materially inaccurate or incomplete information produced. Requires this appeals process, however, to deny the individual employment as a school employee during the process.

Bill titles: To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require criminal background checks for school employees.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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