1.1    .................... moves to amend H. F. No. 6, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 54, after line 29, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 122A.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.4    Subdivision 1. Grounds for revocation, suspension, or denial. (a) The Board of
1.5Teaching or Board of School Administrators, whichever has jurisdiction over a teacher's
1.6licensure, may, on the written complaint of the school board employing a teacher, a teacher
1.7organization, or any other interested person, refuse to issue, refuse to renew, suspend, or
1.8revoke a teacher's license to teach for any of the following causes:
1.9    (1) immoral character or conduct;
1.10    (2) failure, without justifiable cause, to teach for the term of the teacher's contract;
1.11    (3) gross inefficiency or willful neglect of duty;
1.12    (4) failure to meet licensure requirements; or
1.13    (5) fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a license.
1.14    The written complaint must specify the nature and character of the charges.
1.15    (b) The Board of Teaching or Board of School Administrators, whichever
1.16has jurisdiction over a teacher's licensure, shall refuse to issue, refuse to renew, or
1.17automatically revoke a teacher's license to teach without the right to a hearing upon
1.18receiving a certified copy of a conviction showing that the teacher has been convicted
1.19of child abuse, as defined in section 609.185, or sexual abuse under section 609.342,
1.20609.343 , 609.344, 609.345, 609.3451, subdivision 3, or 617.23, subdivision 3, or using
1.21minors in a sexual performance under section 617.246, or possessing pornographic works
1.22involving a minor under section 617.247, or under a similar law of another state or the
1.23United States. The board shall send notice of this licensing action to the district in which
1.24the teacher is currently employed.
1.25    (c) A person whose license to teach has been revoked, not issued, or not renewed
1.26under paragraph (b), may petition the board to reconsider the licensing action if the
1.27person's conviction for child abuse or sexual abuse is reversed by a final decision of the
2.1Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court or if the person has received a pardon for the
2.2offense. The petitioner shall attach a certified copy of the appellate court's final decision or
2.3the pardon to the petition. Upon receiving the petition and its attachment, the board shall
2.4schedule and hold a disciplinary hearing on the matter under section 214.10, subdivision 2,
2.5unless the petitioner waives the right to a hearing. If the board finds that, notwithstanding
2.6the reversal of the petitioner's criminal conviction or the issuance of a pardon, the
2.7petitioner is disqualified from teaching under paragraph (a), clause (1), the board shall
2.8affirm its previous licensing action. If the board finds that the petitioner is not disqualified
2.9from teaching under paragraph (a), clause (1), it shall reverse its previous licensing action.
2.10    (d) For purposes of this subdivision, the Board of Teaching is delegated the authority
2.11to suspend or revoke coaching licenses.
2.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
2.13Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.14Amend the title accordingly