2017-18 Annual Fingerprinting Certification and Statement of Compliance
ACTION REQUIRED
October 17, 2017
TO THE ADMINISTRATOR ADDRESSED:
Subject: 2017-18 Annual Fingerprinting Certification and Statement of Compliance
Chapter 22, Subchapter C, of the 桃花社区视频 Education Code (TEC) requires school districts and open-enrollment charter schools to ensure that certain individuals are fingerprinted to undergo a national criminal history records review, and that other individuals undergo a name-based criminal history record information review. In addition, superintendents of districts and chief operating officers of charter schools are required to certify annually that the district or charter school has complied with TEC 搂22.085. The deadline for this submission is November 20, 2017.
If an educator knows or should have known, through a criminal history record information review, that an employee or applicant has been convicted of certain offenses, as set forth in TEC 搂22.085(a), and the educator retains the employee or hires the applicant, the State Board for Educator Certification (SBEC) may impose a sanction on the educator.
Districts and charter schools who fail to certify and return the attached form by the deadline may be subject to:
- Inclusion in a permanent public notice that lists all districts and open-enrollment charter schools who have failed to certify compliance with fingerprinting and background check requirements;
- A special accreditation investigation as defined under TEC 搂39.057; and
- An investigation of the superintendent or chief operating officer who has violated TEC 搂11.201(d)(13) or 19 桃花社区视频 Administrative Code 搂249.15 by failing to complete the certification as required.
Accordingly, please sign, notarize, and submit your completed 2017-18 Annual Fingerprinting Certification and Statement of Compliance via email to FingerprintingCompliance@tea.texas.gov by November 20, 2017.
If you have any questions regarding this letter, please submit your inquiry through the Fingerprinting Help Desk.
Sincerely,
Ryan Franklin
Associate Commissioner
Educator Leadership and Quality