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2/20/08
Dear TASPA members,
The Texas Education Agency will conduct a
stakeholder meeting on Monday, 02/25/2008 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM to
solicit public comments and suggestions regarding developing
implementation rules for the fingerprinting of contractors per SB
09. If you have any questions or suggestions on this issue,
please email me at
amartin@taspa.org by NOON on Friday February 22 so I can
compile your feedback for Monday's meeting.
The stakeholder meeting announcement, which
was sent to association representatives and delineates the scope
of the meeting, can be found
here.
SB 09 can be found
here , and reference to contractors is starting on page 10 of
the PDF and ending at the top of page 13: Sec. 22.0834.
CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION REVIEW OF CERTAIN CONTRACT
EMPLOYEES.
TASPA President Elect Pamela Hall from
Austin ISD and I will be there to represent TASPA, and we seek
your input, questions, and suggestions on the following issues:
1) Andrew Allen, Assistant Counsel at SBEC,
has a question for school personnel staff: How and why do
you decide whether to treat a person as a part time or substitute
employee or as a contract employee? That decision determines
which part of SB 9 applies to their required criminal history.
2) How should TEA define "an entity that
contracts with a school district"? does
"contracts" include informal agreements? Should the phrase
include individuals, governmental agencies, non-profit
associations with members rather than employees, subcontractors,
and other entities that do not directly contract with a school
entity?
3) How should "continuing duties with
respect to the contracted services" be defined?
4) How should "direct contact with
students," be defined?
If you have
specific questions you would like us to bring up at the meeting
please email us at
amartin@taspa.org with SB09
questions/feedback in the subject line by noon on Friday February
22.
Best,
Alex
Dr. Alejandra (Alex) Martin
Executive Director
TASPA
406 East 11th Street
Austin, TX 78701
Tel (512) 494-9353
Fax (512) 494-9354
amartin@taspa.org
http://taspa.org
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