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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Mar 3, 2016
Protecting Our Servicemembers' Children from Sexual and Violent Predators Act
This bill requires each Department of Defense domestic dependent elementary and secondary school and each local educational agency (LEA) that receives, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, specified funds for children with a parent on active duty in the uniformed services to:
require, for each employee of the LEA or school, a criminal background check that includes a search of specified registries and repositories;
prohibit the employment of an individual who refuses to consent to, or who makes a false statement in connection with, a background check or who has been convicted of one of specified crimes;
require background checks to be periodically repeated or updated in accordance with established policies;
provide an employee with a timely process to appeal the results of a background check; and
allow the LEA or school to share the results of a school employee's recent background check with another LEA that is considering that individual for employment.
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Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R–PA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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