Bill Text: VA HB438 | 2018 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: School boards, local, etc.; prohibits assisting person for new job if engaged in misconduct w/minor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-03-29 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0513) [HB438 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2018-HB438-Comm_Sub.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 438 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the House Committee for Courts of Justice on February 9, 2018) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Bulova) A BILL to require the Board of Education to adopt regulations prohibiting job assistance when sexual misconduct suspected.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. The Board of Education shall adopt regulations to be effective within 280 days of their enactment to implement the provisions of 20 U.S.C. §7926 that prohibit any local school board or any individual who is an employee, contractor, or agent of a local school board from assisting an employee, contractor, or agent of such local school board in obtaining a new job if such local school board or individual knows or has probable cause to believe that the employee, contractor, or agent engaged in sexual misconduct regarding a minor or student in violation of law.