A. No person or business having a contract with a school or school district for services to be performed during normal school hours shall allow any employee to work on school premises if such employee is convicted in this state, the United States or another state of:
- 1. Any sex offense subject to the Sex Offenders Registration Act in this state or subject to another state's or the federal sex offender registration provisions; or
- 2. Any felony offense except as provided in subsection C of this section or when ten (10) years has elapsed since the date of the criminal conviction or the employee has received a presidential or gubernatorial pardon for the criminal offense.
- B. Every person or business having a contract for services with a school or school district where such services are to be performed on the school premises during normal school hours shall be required to sign a statement declaring that no employee working on school premises under the authority of such person or business is in violation of the provisions of this section.
- C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to volunteers, persons performing community service hours under court order or persons performing services under a supervised work release program. Provided, however, persons performing community service hours or services under work release shall not be allowed to work on school premises at any time after having been convicted of any offense state in paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section.
Added by Laws 1998, SB 1394, c. 411, § 4, emerg. eff. July 1, 1998.