HB 2454-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

     Specifies the elements of the crime of sex offender loitering.

     Declares that any school district, educational service district, or consortium of school districts may create specialized schools for students who have been adjudicated or convicted of offenses and who pose a danger to themselves, other students, and staff.  The schools may be designed to address the special educational needs of those students and the security needs of the students and staff.  The schools may give priority in placement to adjudicated or convicted youth who are violent or chronically disruptive of the educational process and who would otherwise be subject to suspension or expulsion.

     Provides that the secretary shall require any agency that receives juveniles who have been adjudicated or convicted to provide written notice of the offender's criminal history to any school that the offender attends while the offender resides at the agency's facility, home, or center, and to any employer who employs the offender while the offender resides at the facility, home, or center.