CHAPTER 184

H.P. 749 - L.D. 1032

An Act Concerning the Processing Time for Substitute and

Regular School Employee Fingerprinting

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §6103, sub-§4-A, ¶¶C and D, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 791, §4, are amended to read:

C. A person employed as a substitute who has not been fingerprinted prior to the effective date of this subsection must meet the requirements by July 1, 2002.__Beginning with the 2003-2004 school year, a person employed as a substitute who needs fingerprinting and a criminal history record check pursuant to section 13011, subsection 8 must meet the requirements of this section within 8 weeks of employment by a school administrative unit.__A person employed as a substitute who needs fingerprinting and a criminal history record check must be issued a temporary approval card by the department.__The temporary approval card is valid for the first 8 weeks of employment, except that, for a person who has been fingerprinted pursuant to this section prior to the 20th day of employment and who has not received the results of the criminal history record check prior to the 9th week of employment, the temporary approval card remains valid

until the commissioner determines whether approval is granted or denied based on the criminal history record information obtained from the State Bureau of Identification; and