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§ 6-113. Hiring persons convicted of specified crimes prohibited

West's Annotated Code of MarylandEducationEffective: July 1, 2018

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Education (Refs & Annos)
Division II. Elementary and Secondary Education [Titles 2-9.5] (Refs & Annos)
Title 6. Teachers and Other Personnel (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 1. Personnel Matters (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2018
MD Code, Education, § 6-113
§ 6-113. Hiring persons convicted of specified crimes prohibited
Currentness
Prohibited employees
(a) A county board may not knowingly hire or retain any individual who has been convicted of a crime involving:
(1) An offense under § 3-307 or § 3-308 of the Criminal Law Article or an offense under the laws of another state that would constitute a violation of § 3-307 or § 3-308 of the Criminal Law Article if committed in the State;
(2) Child sexual abuse under § 3-602 of the Criminal Law Article, or an offense under the laws of another state that would constitute child sexual abuse under § 3-602 of the Criminal Law Article if committed in this State; or
(3) A crime of violence as defined in § 14-101 of the Criminal Law Article, or an offense under the laws of another state that would be a violation of § 14-101 of the Criminal Law Article if committed in this State.
Access to children prohibited for employees convicted of certain crimes
(b) A local school system contract shall provide that a contractor or subcontractor for the local school system may not knowingly assign an employee to work on school premises with direct, unsupervised, and uncontrolled access to children, if the employee has been convicted of a crime identified under subsection (a) of this section.

Credits

Added by Acts 1999, c. 274, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2002, c. 213, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2002, c. 273, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2002; Acts 2008, c. 289, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2008; Acts 2015, c. 180, § 1, eff. July 1, 2015; Acts 2018, c. 31, § 1, eff. July 1, 2018.
MD Code, Education, § 6-113, MD EDUC § 6-113
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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