Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act
Latest action · Dec 22, 2010 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 17, 2010
- Passed HouseDec 21, 2010
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require each state receiving funds under that Act to have in effect policies and procedures that: (1) require criminal background checks for school employees, including searches of state criminal registries or repositories, state-based child abuse and neglect registries and databases, the National Crime Information Center of the Department of Justice, the National Sex Offender Registry, and the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); and (2) prohibit the employment of school employees who refuse to consent to a criminal background check, make false statements in connection with one, or have been convicted of one of a list of felonies or any other crime that is a violent or sexual crime against a child.
Lists those felonies as: (1) homicide; (2) child abuse or neglect; (3) crimes against children; (4) spousal abuse; (5) crimes involving rape or sexual assault; (6) kidnapping; (7) arson; and (8) physical assault, battery, or drug-related offenses, committed within the past five years.
Requires local educational agencies (LEAs) or state educational agencies (SEAs) to report to local law enforcement any applicants for school employment who are discovered to be sexual predators.
Requires periodic repetitions of such criminal background checks.
Requires such states to provide for a timely process under which school employees may: (1) appeal the results of a criminal background check to challenge the accuracy or completeness of the information produced; and (2) seek appropriate relief for any final employment decision based on materially inaccurate or incomplete information produced. Requires this appeals process, however, to deny the individual employment as a school employee during the process.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 663 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed314–20 | Dec 21, 2010 |
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 17, 2010 to Dec 21, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Original | Dec 17, 2010 |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Dec 21, 2010 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Dec 17, 2010 |
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Dec 22, 2010 |
Actions 10
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2010Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Dec 21, 2010Mr. Miller, George moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Dec 21, 2010Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8801-8802)
- Dec 21, 2010DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6547.
- Dec 21, 2010At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Dec 21, 2010Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8915)
- Dec 21, 2010Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 314 - 20 (Roll no. 663). (text: CR H8801)
- Dec 21, 2010Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 17, 2010Introduced in House
- Dec 17, 2010Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8801, H8802Text printed H8801Recorded votes H8915enact | George Miller D-CA, Judy Biggert R-IL, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Dec 21, 2010 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require criminal background checks for school employees.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Protecting Students from Sexual and Violent Predators Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Administrative remedies
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Child safety and welfare
- Crimes against children
- Criminal justice information and records
- Education
- Education programs funding
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Government information and archives
- School administration
- Sex offenses
- State and local government operations
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Violent crime
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 22, 2010Referred in Senate
- Dec 21, 2010Engrossed in House
- Dec 17, 2010Introduced in House
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