Bill > HB1664

This bill requires nonpublic schools and education service providers that accept public funds to comply with requirements for criminal history background checks for employees and volunteers. Specifically, it mandates that any employee or volunteer of an entity contracted for educational services by the Department of Education or the State Board of Education who provides in-person instruction to students undergo a criminal history background check. It also extends this requirement to home education programs that benefit from scholarships, grants, or tax credits, alternative programs for granting credit leading to graduation, and all employees and volunteers of nonpublic schools that accept Education Freedom Account (EFA) students or provide in-person instruction to EFA students. The bill's fiscal impact is an indeterminable increase in state revenues and expenditures starting in fiscal year 2023 due to the additional criminal history background checks required.