Amends TCA Section 49-5-413.

Present law generally prohibits subcontractors and their employees from coming in direct contact with school children or with children in a child care program or entering the grounds of a school or child care center when children are present in the performance of a contract with a person who contracts with a school, LEA, or child care program without first supplying a fingerprint sample and submitting to a criminal history records check to be conducted by the TBI and the FBI, if the contract requires:<br /> <br /> (1) The person or an employee of the person to have direct contact with school children or to children in a child care program; or<br /> <br /> (2) The person or employee to have access to the grounds of a school or child care center when children are present.<br /> <br /> Present law prohibits a subcontractor or employee of a subcontractor who is subject to the criminal history check requirement under present law from coming in direct contact with school children or with children in a child care program or entering the grounds of a school or child care center when children are present if the criminal history records check indicates that the employer or employee has ever been convicted of:<br /> <br /> (1) A sexual offense or violent sexual offense;<br /> <br /> (2) Any offense against a person, such as assault, homicide, kidnapping, and robbery;<br /> <br /> (3) Arson;<br /> <br /> (4) Burglary;<br /> <br /> (5) Child abuse, neglect, or endangerment;<br /> <br /> (6) A felony drug offense;<br /> <br /> (7) Providing handguns to juveniles; or<br /> <br /> (8) A weapons-related offense.<br /> <br /> This bill reduces the list of disqualifying offenses to only include the offenses described in (1), (5), and (6).<br />