Children - As introduced, prohibits private schools participating in the individualized education account program, education savings account program, or that enroll recipients of an education freedom scholarship from employing an individual that has committed child abuse, severe child abuse, child sexual abuse, or child neglect; requires the department of human services to review, upon the request of certain child care agencies, an employee or potential employee to determine whether the indiv...

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The bill stops private schools that take part in individualized education accounts, education savings accounts, or education‑freedom scholarships from hiring or retaining anyone the Department of Children’s Services has determined committed child abuse, severe abuse, sexual abuse, or neglect. It also creates a process for schools and agencies to request background checks and receive emergency threat information, while protecting due‑process rights of the accused.

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