Plain English Breakdown
The official text does not specify an effective date for when this law takes effect, only that it passed the legislature.
Reporting Misconduct Investigations for Noncertificated School Workers
This law requires applicants for noncertificated school jobs to list their past employers and creates a statewide database where schools must report serious misconduct investigations.
What This Bill Does
- Requires applicants for noncertificated positions at public or private schools to provide a complete list of every previous employer, including private schools.
- Directs the California School Information Services to create a statewide data system by July 1, 2027.
- Mandates that employers report both the start and completion of investigations into egregious misconduct in this new database.
- Records only substantiated reports of egregious misconduct or cases where an employee leaves during an investigation.
- Prohibits recording investigations if they result in unfounded or inconclusive findings.
- Requires schools to check the data system before hiring anyone for a noncertificated position.
Who It Names or Affects
- People applying for noncertificated jobs at school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, state special schools, and private schools.
- Employers in public local educational agencies and private schools that hire staff or conduct investigations.
- The California School Information Services team responsible for building the data system.
Terms To Know
- Noncertificated position
- A job in a school setting, such as at public districts or private schools, that does not require a teaching credential.
- Egregious misconduct
- Serious wrongdoing defined by law to include certain forms of abuse and specified sex and controlled substance offenses.
- Substantiated report
- An investigation result that confirms the allegations of egregious misconduct are true based on evidence.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law does not record investigations if they end with an unfounded or inconclusive finding.
- Reimbursement for costs to local agencies depends on a future determination by the Commission on State Mandates.
- The specific details of how private schools will submit data are set forth in later rules.