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Delegate proposes five-year hiring bar for failure to report criminal charges in schools
Ways and Means Committee · March 18, 2026
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Summary
House Bill 14-18 would expand the list of crimes that disqualify people from school employment and bar hiring for five years when someone fails to report a charge or conviction. Sponsor said the change was prompted by local reporting that found charged individuals working in school systems.
Delegate Lauren Arkin told the Ways and Means Committee the bill was drafted after local reporting — she referenced Fox 45 — showed individuals charged with serious crimes were working in school systems. Arkin said the bill expands the…
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