School boards; applicants for employment, criminal history.

School boards; applicants for employment andvolunteer service; criminal history. Prohibits each school boardfrom employing or accepting the volunteer service of any individualwho has been convicted of a violent felony set forth in subsectionC of § 17.1-805 of the Code of Virginia or any offense involvingthe sexual molestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child.The bill permits each school board to employ or accept the volunteerservice of any individual who has been convicted of any felony orcrime of moral turpitude that is not set forth in subsection C of§ 17.1-805 of the Code of Virginia and does not involve the sexualmolestation, physical or sexual abuse, or rape of a child, providedthat in the case of a felony conviction, such individual has hadhis civil rights restored by the Governor. The bill contains parallelprovisions for contractors and their employees who have direct contactwith students on school property during regular school hours or during school-sponsored activities. Current law provides that any felonyconviction is a bar to employment and contract work in public schools.