Plain English Breakdown
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Changes to Education Employees' Retirement Benefits
This act changes Delaware's laws about retirement benefits for education employees who have been convicted of certain crimes involving children.
What This Bill Does
- Denies retirement and disability benefits to education employees if they are found guilty of sexual abuse of a child, sexual solicitation of a child, or promoting the sexual solicitation of a child.
- Clarifies that benefits will be denied even if an employee is indicted for these crimes and remains outside the United States for more than one month to avoid prosecution.
Who It Names or Affects
- Education employees in Delaware who are found guilty or indicted for certain crimes involving children.
Terms To Know
- convicted
- When a person is proven to have committed a crime by a court of law.
- indictment
- A formal charge or accusation made by a grand jury that someone has committed a serious crime.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not specify what happens to benefits if an employee is found guilty after leaving the country.
- It's unclear how this law will be enforced for employees who leave the country.