(A) A recipient of a grant under section 3301.86 of the Revised Code may request from the bureau of criminal identification and investigation a criminal records check on any individual, other than an individual described in division (B) of this section, who applies to participate in providing directly to children any program or service funded in whole or in part by the grant. If a recipient elects to request a criminal records check, the request shall consist of a request for the information a school district board of education may request under division (F)(2)(a) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code and shall be accompanied by one of the following identification options:
(1) The form and standard impression sheet prescribed by the bureau under division (C) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code;
(2) A form prescribed by the bureau on which is specified the individual's name, social security number, and date of birth.
(B) A grant recipient shall not request a criminal records check under division (A) of this section with respect to any individual who furnishes the grant recipient with a certified copy of a report of a criminal records check completed by the bureau within one year prior to applying to participate in providing programs or services under the grant.
(C) Except as provided in rules adopted under division (G)(2) of this section, a grant recipient shall not allow an individual to participate in providing directly to children any program or service funded in whole or in part by the grant if the information requested under this section from the bureau indicates that the individual has ever pleaded guilty to or been found guilty by a jury or court of any of the following:
(1) A felony;
(2) A violation of section 2903.16, 2903.34, 2905.05, 2907.04, 2907.06, 2907.07, 2907.08, 2907.09, 2907.23, 2907.25, 2907.31, 2919.12, 2919.22, 2919.24, 2925.04, or 3716.11 of the Revised Code; a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996; or a violation of section 2919.23 of the Revised Code that would have been a violation of section 2905.04 of the Revised Code as it existed prior to July 1, 1996, had it been committed prior to that date;
(3) An offense of violence;
(4) A theft offense, as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code;
(5) A drug abuse offense, as defined in section 2925.01 of the Revised Code;
(6) A violation of an existing or former ordinance of a municipal corporation or law of the United States or another state that is substantively comparable to an offense listed in divisions (C)(1) to (5) of this section.
(D) A grant recipient that elects to request criminal records checks may conditionally allow an individual to participate in providing programs or services directly to children until the criminal records check is completed and the grant recipient receives the results. If the results of the criminal records check indicate that the individual has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense listed in division (C) of this section, the grant recipient shall not allow the individual to further participate in providing directly to children any program or service funded in whole or in part by the grant, except as provided in the rules adopted under division (G)(2) of this section.
(E) The report of any criminal records check conducted in accordance with division (F)(5) of section 109.57 of the Revised Code pursuant to a request under this section is not a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The report shall not be made available to any person other than the individual who is the subject of the criminal records check or the individual's representative, the grant recipient or the grant recipient's representative , and any court, hearing officer, or other necessary individual in a case dealing with the denial of the individual's participation in a program or service funded by a grant awarded under section 3301.86 of the Revised Code.
(F) The department of education shall reimburse each grant recipient for each criminal records check the actual amount paid by the grant recipient for the portion of the criminal records check conducted by the bureau of criminal identification and investigation. Reimbursement shall be paid under this division only for criminal records checks on individuals who apply to participate in providing directly to children any program or service funded in whole or in part by the grant. To receive it, the grant recipient must submit information to the department in the form and manner required by the department. The reimbursement is in addition to the grant awarded to the recipient under section 3301.86 of the Revised Code.
(G) The state board of education shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code:
(1) Prescribing the form and manner in which grant recipients must submit information to the department to receive reimbursement under division (F) of this section;
(2) Specifying circumstances under which a grant recipient may allow an individual whose criminal records check report indicates that the individual has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to an offense listed in division (C) of this section, but who meets standards in regard to rehabilitation set forth in the rules, to participate in providing directly to children any program or service funded in whole or in part by the grant.
Effective Date: 09-28-1999; 06-30-2005
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