Assembly Bill 1004 aims to enhance transparency and accountability in educational employment by prohibiting certain agreements that could conceal information about alleged immoral conduct by employees. Specifically, the bill prevents education employers—such as school boards and governing bodies of charter schools and private schools participating in parental choice programs—from entering into agreements that suppress or destroy information related to investigations of immoral conduct, hinder the reporting of such conduct, or require the expungement of substantiated allegations from their records.

Additionally, the bill provides civil immunity to education employers who disclose information about a current or former employee's conduct, including allegations of immoral conduct, to prospective employers. This immunity is supplementary to existing protections under current law for employment references, ensuring that employers can share relevant information without fear of civil liability. The new provisions are designed to promote a safer educational environment by ensuring that past conduct is not hidden from future employers.