Each eligible school operator or nongovernmental school operator may require any person who will perform a service involving direct contact with students to (1) state, in writing, whether such person has ever been convicted of a crime or whether criminal charges are pending against such applicant at the time of such application and, if charges are pending, to state the charges and the court in which such charges are pending, (2) submit to a records check of the Department of Children and Families child abuse and neglect registry established pursuant to section 17a-101k, before such person performs a service involving direct contact with students, and (3) on and after July 1, 2019, submit to state and national criminal history records checks in accordance with section 29-17a and the National Child Protection Act of 1993, P.L. 103-209, as amended from time to time.
(P.A. 19-91, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 19-91 effective July 1, 2019.