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2019 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 156 - Department of education
156.483 Restrictions on employing violent offenders or persons convicted of sex crimes -- Criminal record check on job applicants.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 156.483 (2019)
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156.483 Restrictions on employing violent offenders or persons convicted of sex crimes -- Criminal record check on job applicants. (1) (2) (3) (4) The State Department of Education shall not employ, in a position which involves supervisory or disciplinary power over a minor, any person who is a violent offender or has been convicted of a sex crime defined in KRS 17.165 as a felony. The Department of Education may employ, at its discretion, persons convicted of sex crimes classified as a misdemeanor. The Department of Education shall request all conviction information for any applicant for employment from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet prior to employing the applicant. Each application form, provided by the Department of Education to the applicant, shall conspicuously state the following: "FOR THIS TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT, STATE LAW REQUIRES A CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT." Any request for records under subsection (1) of this section shall be on a form approved by the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the cabinet may charge a fee to be paid by the applicant in an amount no greater than the actual cost of processing the request. The provisions of this section shall apply after July 15, 1988, to all applicants for initial employment in a position which involves supervisory or disciplinary power over a minor. Effective: June 26, 2007 History: Amended 2007 Ky. Acts ch. 85, sec. 164, effective June 26, 2007. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 476, Pt. IV, sec. 166, effective July 13, 1990. -- Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 345, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1988.
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