Fifty-fifth Legislature                                                         

Second Regular Session                                                          

 

FREE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1412

(Reference to House engrossed Senate bill)

 


Page 1, line 12, after the semicolon strike remainder of line

Line 13, strike "disciplinary action;"

Line 14, strike "applicability" insert "disciplinary action"

Line 15, after "of" strike remainder of line

Line 16, strike "the course of the employee's official duties" insert a comma

Line 17, after "to" insert a comma; strike "public educational institution" insert "public school, school DISTRICT or state agency that is involved with students or teachers of preschool or kindergarten programs or any of grades one through twelve"

Line 20, strike "blame or judgment" insert "judging an individual"; after "of" insert "the individual's"

Line 32, after "responsibility" insert "or blame"

Strike lines 37 through 43

Reletter to conform

Page 2, lines 1 and 2, strike "public educational institution" insert "Public school, school district or state agency"

Lines 3 and 7, strike "public educational institution" insert "Public school, school district or state agency"

Line 17, strike "D" insert "B"

Line 18, strike the comma insert "or"; strike "or designated"

Line 19, strike "administrator of a postsecondary institution"

Line 20, strike the first comma insert "or"; strike the second comma

Strike line 21

Line 22, strike "applicable"; strike the comma insert "or"

Line 23, after "body" strike remainder of line

Page 2, line 24, strike "board"

Strike lines 28 through 42

Page 3, strike lines 1 through 7, insert:

"D. A student, employee or parent of a student of a public school, school district or state agency may file a complaint with the state board of education or the superintendent of public instruction for an alleged violation of this section after the public school, school district or state agency that is the subject of the complaint has had the opportunity to resolve the complaint as prescribed in subsections B and C of this section.

E. If the state board of education or the superintendent of public instruction determines that a public school, school district or state agency is in violation of subsection A of this section, the state board or the superintendent shall notify the public school, school district or state agency that it is in violation of subsection A of this section and may impose a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation.  If the state board or the superintendent determines that the public school, school district or state agency has failed to correct the violation within thirty days after notice is issued pursuant to this subsection, the state board or the superintendent shall impose a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 for each day the violation continues after the thirty-day period.  Actions taken under this subsection are subject to appeal pursuant to title 41, chapter 6, article 10.

F. A certificated or noncertificated person, as defined in section 15-505, who violates subsection A of this section may be subject to disciplinary action pursuant to section 15-203, subsection A, paragraph 20, including the suspension or revocation of the person's certificate or disciplinary action described in section 15-505, as the state board of education deems appropriate."

Reletter to conform

Lines 8 and 9, strike "public educational institution" insert "public school, school district or state agency"

Page 3, line 10, strike "public educational institution" insert "public school, school district or state agency"

Line 11, strike "teachers" insert "employees"

Strike lines 15 through 27

Reletter to conform

Strike lines 29 through 32, insert:

"1. "Employee" means an employee of a public school, school district or state agency who is acting in the course of the employee's official duties."

Renumber to conform

Strike lines 38 through 43

Strike page 4, insert:

"3. "State agency" means a state agency that is involved with students or teachers of preschool or kindergarten programs or any of grades one through twelve."

Amend title to conform


 

 

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