CRIMINAL CHECKS: SUB BUS DRIVERS S.B. 1252:
FLOOR SUMMARY
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Senate Bill 1252 (as reported without amendment)
Sponsor: Senator John J. Gleason
Committee: Education
CONTENT
The bill would amend the Revised School Code to permit the board of a school district, intermediate school district (ISD), public school academy (PSA), or nonpublic school to use the results of a criminal history check and criminal records check obtained by another district, ISD, PSA, or nonpublic school to confirm that an applicant for a position as a substitute bus driver or an individual employed or regularly and continuously working under contract as a substitute bus driver, did not have any criminal history, if the applicant or individual agreed in writing to permit the sharing of that information.
MCL 380.1230 et al. Legislative Analyst: Curtis Walker
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State government.
If a school district's or intermediate school district's policy is to pay for the cost of a criminal background check on substitute bus drivers, then this legislation could provide savings to the hiring entity, if that entity were able to obtain the records from another district. The total cost for each background check (State and Federal analysis) is $49.25.
Date Completed: 6-12-08 Fiscal Analyst: Kathryn Summers-Coty
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. sb1252/0708