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SB20-016

Notify If School Employee Gives Drugs To Students

Type Bill
Session 2020 Regular Session
Subjects
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)

Concerning amending the existing parent notification law to require notification of charges brought against public school employees relating to the provision of illegal substances to students.

Bill Summary:

Under existing law, a school district, charter school, or board of cooperative services notifies parents of students enrolled in a school if an employee working in the school or who had contact with students is charged with certain felony offenses relating to violence, drugs, or unlawful sexual behavior.

The bill adds the following offenses to the parent notification requirements:

  • Any violation that involves the sale, dispensing, distribution, or transfer to a student of certain controlled substances, marijuana, or marijuana concentrates; and
  • Unlawfully providing any alcohol beverage to a student or contributing to the delinquency of a minor relating to providing any alcohol beverage to a student.
The parent notification provision does not apply to school personnel who are in compliance with state law regarding the possession and administration of medical marijuana.

The bill requires that schools or school districts that provide parent notification report annually to the department of education the number of times parent notification has taken place, the charges filed against the employee for which notification was required, and the disposition of the charges.

(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)


(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Status

Lost

Introduced

Lost

Related Documents & Information

Date Version Documents
Reengrossed PDF
02/18/2020 Engrossed PDF
01/08/2020 Introduced PDF
Date Version Documents
02/13/2020 PA1 PDF
Date Version Documents
05/05/2020 FN2 PDF
02/04/2020 FN1 PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Refer Senate Bill 20-016 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion failed on a vote of 4-4. Vote summary
Postpone Senate Bill 20-016 indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 5-3. Vote summary
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C) The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Refer Senate Bill 20-016, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 4-1. Vote summary
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
02/19/2020 Third Reading BILL
34
AYE
0
NO
1
OTHER
Vote record
Date Amendment Number Committee/ Floor Hearing Status Documents
02/18/2020 L.002 Second Reading Passed [**] PDF
02/12/2020 L.001 SEN Judiciary Passed [*] PDF
Date Location Action
03/03/2020 House House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
02/25/2020 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
02/19/2020 Senate Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
02/18/2020 Senate Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
02/12/2020 Senate Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
01/08/2020 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary