Sec. 22.0831.  NATIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REVIEW OF CERTIFIED EDUCATORS.  (a)  In this section, "board" means the State Board for Educator Certification.
(b)  This section applies to a person who is an applicant for or holder of a certificate under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and who is employed by or is an applicant for employment by a school district, open-enrollment charter school, or shared services arrangement.
(c)  The board shall review the national criminal history record information of a person who has not previously submitted fingerprints to the department or been subject to a national criminal history record information review.
(d)  The board shall place an educator's certificate on inactive status for failure to comply with a deadline for submitting information required under this section.
(e)  The board may allow a person who is applying for a certificate under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, and who currently resides in another state to submit the person's fingerprints and other required information in a manner that does not impose an undue hardship on the person.
(f)  The board may propose rules to implement this section, including rules establishing:
(1)  deadlines for a person to submit fingerprints and photographs in compliance with this section; and
(2)  sanctions for a person's failure to comply with the requirements of this section, including suspension or revocation of a certificate or refusal to issue a certificate.
(g)  Expired.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1372 (S.B. 9), Sec. 9, eff. June 15, 2007.