This bill modifies provisions relating to educator license discipline and restrictions on employment and volunteer service.
This bill:
- amends provisions relating to ineligibility for educator licensure following license denial;
- establishes a tiered framework for restrictions on employment and volunteer service following license suspension or revocation;
- requires automatic restrictions for serious misconduct involving actual harm or credible risk to children;
- requires written findings demonstrating specific risk for restrictions in other cases;
- exempts technical violations from automatic work and volunteer restrictions;
- enacts provisions governing restrictions on employment and volunteer service following disciplinary action;
- modifies notice requirements for disciplinary proceedings; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53E-6-603, 53E-6-604, 53E-6-607, 53E-6-901