2006 House Bill 5675 (Revise convicted school employee list requirements) (Senate Roll Call 123)
Passed in the Senate (37 to 0) on March 7, 2006, to require that reasonable measures be undertaken to ensure the accuracy of school personnel criminal record reports issued by the Michigan Department of Education. This relates to Public Act 138 of 2005, which requires school employee lists to be cross-checked against State Police criminal conviction information, and schools to fire those convicted of certain crimes. The bill allows schools to not release the names of convicted employees for 15 business days after receiving the list from the state. After that time schools would have to release the names of employees with felony or serious misdemeanor convictions, but would have discretion regarding those with less serious misdemeanors. The bill was introduced after the first round of conviction record distributions included numerous inaccuracies. [History, Amendments & Comments]
The vote was 37 in favor, 0 opposed, and 0 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 123 at Senate Journal 22)
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1) Save it. They warn you in pre education classes to keep your nose clean. [by Anonymous Citizen on November 19, 2006]No mercy.
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20 years ago I made a huge mistake involving drugs. I was convicted for my crimes and paid for my mistake. My life and my record has been spotless since 1987 and prior to 1987. I have been working in the schools for 14 years and with children everyday. I think children are our most precious gift and love to work with them. I was fired in October 2006 because of this mistake I made 20 years ago. This is wrong. People make mistakes and they learn from them. My crime was not against children and yet I have lost my job because of it. I have tried to prove myself worthy of this job and think it is totally unfair that after working so hard for the last 15 years in the schools that I must pay again. Not all felons are criminals. Children are not endangered when around a person such as myself. It is the children who suffer when we as a state and country pretend that mistakes are not made and crimes not committed. We learn from these mistakes. That's what life is about - learning.
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FIRST...
lets get an accurate list to see who did and who did not get convicted of a crime.
THEN...
lets take care of the other problems...
btw...
some of the best lessons i ever learned have been from convicted felons. they weren't trying to indoctrinate me into their political party.
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