2019 Maryland Code
Education
Division II - Elementary and Secondary Education
Title 2 - State Department of Education
Subtitle 2 - State Board of Education
§ 2-206.1. Nonpublic school employees -- Criminal convictions.

    (a)    A nonpublic school that is subject to the requirements of this title may not hire or retain any employee who works with or has access to students and who the school knows has been convicted of a crime involving:

        (1)    An offense under § 3–307 or § 3–308 of the Criminal Law Article or an offense under the laws of another state that would constitute a violation of § 3–307 or § 3–308 of the Criminal Law Article if committed in the State;

        (2)    Child sexual abuse under § 3–602 of the Criminal Law Article, or an offense under the laws of another state that would constitute child sexual abuse under § 3–602 of the Criminal Law Article if committed in this State; or

        (3)    A crime of violence as defined in § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article, or an offense under the laws of another state that would be a violation of § 14–101 of the Criminal Law Article if committed in this State.

    (b)    A nonpublic school contract shall provide that a contractor or subcontractor for the school may not knowingly assign an employee to work on school premises with direct, unsupervised, and uncontrolled access to children, if the employee has been convicted of a crime identified under subsection (a) of this section.

    (c)    The State Board:

        (1)    Shall revoke the certificate of approval or letter of tentative approval of a nonpublic school that violates subsection (a) of this section; and

        (2)    May revoke the certificate of approval or letter of tentative approval of a nonpublic school that violates subsection (b) of this section.