LAC 28:CXXXIX.2905. Criminal History Review

A. Each charter operator shall request in writing that the Louisiana Bureau of Criminal Identification (LBCI) and Information supply information to ascertain whether an applicant for employment as a teacher, substitute teacher, school bus operator, substitute school bus operator, janitor, or any other school employee who might reasonably be expected to be placed in a position of supervisory or disciplinary authority over school children, has been convicted of, or pled nolo contendere to, any one or more of the crimes enumerated in R.S. 15:5871.1. 1. The request must be on a form prepared by the bureau and signed by a responsible officer or official of the charter operator making the request. 2. The form must include a statement signed by the person about whom the request is made which gives his or her permission for such information to be released and must include the person's fingerprints in a form acceptable to the LBCI. B. No person who has been convicted of or has pled nolo contendere to a crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1 shall be hired by a public elementary or secondary school as a teacher, substitute teacher, school bus operator, substitute school bus operator, janitor, or as any school employee who might reasonably be expected to be placed in a position of supervisory or disciplinary authority over school children. C. The charter operator shall dismiss any teacher or any other school employee having supervisory or disciplinary authority over school children, if such teacher or other employee is convicted of, or pled nolo contendere to, any crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1(c) except R.S. 14:74.