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Criminal Conviction Reporting
SELF-REPORTING ARRAIGNMENTS/CHARGES OF CERTAIN IDENTIFIED CRIMES "School Safety” legislation (2005 PA 129-131 and 138) enacted into law has an impact on your
employment with the school/district. Cited below are the key provisions of this law and how it will affect you personally.
Education identifying all school employees with a recorded criminal conviction. The Department in turn provides the names of individuals convicted of a crime to the district superintendent and school board of the employing district. The report includes convictions for any crime, misdemeanor or felony. If you have been convicted of a non-listed felony, the district superintendent and the school board are required, by law, to agree in writing to continue your employment with the district/school. If you have been convicted of an offense that requires you to register your name on the sex offender registry, your employment will be terminated and you will not be allowed employment (in any capacity) in a Michigan K-12 School, public or non-public.
employer AND the Michigan Department of Education when you have been arraigned/charged with certain identified crimes. You must do so within (3) three business days of arraignment, or you will be guilty of an additional crime. The crimes are listed in MCL 380.1535a.
Convictions Required Disclosure”, and "Required Disclosure and Immediate Suspension of Certificate Upon Conviction” documents are available to download below.
available at the following website: www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-6530_5683_39798---,00.html. You can also contactStephanie Whiteside, Coordinating Specialist, Office of Professional Preparation Services at 517.335.1167, or email WhitesideS@michigan.gov. You may also contact me at 734.246.4600 or email hainrihal@sgate.k12.mi.us.
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