By: Hegar S.B. No. 1042
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the eligibility of employees convicted of certain
  offenses to provide services under a contract with a public school.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (o), Section 22.0834, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (o)  A contracting or subcontracting entity may not permit an
  employee to whom Subsection (a) applies to provide services at a
  school if the employee has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor
  offense that would prevent a person from being employed [obtaining
  certification as an educator] under Section 22.085(a) [21.060].
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (o), Section 22.0834, Education Code,
  as amended by this Act, applies to the provision of services at a
  public school by an employee of a contracting or subcontracting
  entity without regard to whether the contract or subcontract under
  which the person is employed was entered into before, on, or after
  the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2011.