Authorizing school districts to request and receive an applicant teacher’s employment files from another school district if such teacher was previously employed by such other school district and establishing which school district is responsible for and the custodian of teacher employment files that are records under the Kansas open records act.

Summary

SB 134 would let a school district that is hiring a teacher request that teacher’s employment files from any district where the teacher previously worked, but only if the teacher signs a written waiver. The hiring district must receive the files within 21 days, can redact unrelated personal data, and the original district remains the custodian of the records under the open‑records law. Districts acting in good faith would be immune from civil suits over the disclosure.

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