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Criminal History Information
Procedures for Student Teachers
Effective July 1, 1997, Indiana Code 20-5-2-7 requires individuals who have direct, on-going contact with children to have a current limited criminal history on file with the applicable school corporation. Student teachers from Indiana University Southeast are required to comply with this law.
Prior to the first day of student teaching, students must submit a limited criminal history to the placement school. Limited criminal history means:
"Information with respect to any arrest, indictment, information, or other formal criminal charge, which must include a disposition. However, information about any arrest, indictment, information or other formal criminal charge which occurred less than one (1) year before the date of a request for such a record shall be considered a part of a criminal history even if no disposition has been entered (Indiana Code 20-5-2-7)."
Applications for an Indiana Limited Criminal History Background check may be obtained from Student Services in the School of Education. It is important to note that the processing period for the criminal check is usually 10-15 days. Upon receipt of the limited criminal history, the student should present the background check to the placement school. If possible, leave a copy with the school and keep the original until seeking certification from the Indiana Professional Standards Board. Student teachers placed in Jefferson Co. Kentucky schools should report to the Van Hoose Education Center (on Bishop Lane in Louisville) for a background check.
In the event that a student's criminal history indicates a violation, the student will not be permitted to begin student teaching. If the student chooses to appeal this decision, he/she must present a written explanation of the violation to the appropriate team, i.e. Elementary or Secondary Team. The student has the right to follow the appeal process in it entirety. A copy of the appeal process may be secured from the display rack outside the School of Education Office, Hillside Hall (HH) 0020.
The Indiana Professional Standards Board evaluates all certification papers, including the criminal history, and determines if a license will be issued to the applicant. Please check the list of offenses that may jeopardize student teaching and /or licensure.
Indiana Code 20-5-2-8
- Murder
- Causing suicide
- Assisting suicide
- Voluntary manslaughter
- Reckless Homicide
- Battery (unless 10 years have elapsed)
- Aggravated battery
- Kidnapping
- Criminal confinement
- Sex offense under IC 35-42-4
- Carjacking
- Arson (unless 10 years have elapsed)
- Incest
- Neglect of a dependent (unless 10 years have elapsed)
- Child selling
- Contributing to the delinquency of a minor (unless 10 years have elapsed)
- Offense involving a weapon under IC 35-47 (unless 10 years have elapsed)
- Offense relating to controlled substances under IC 35-48 (unless 10 years have elapsed)
- Offense relating to material or performance that is harmful to minors or obscene under IC 35-49-3 (unless 10 years have elapsed)
- Offense relating to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated under IC 9-35-5 (unless 5 years have elapsed)
- Offense substantially equivalent to any of the above in which the conviction occurred in another jurisdiction (state)
