00                            SENATE BILL NO. 179                                                                         
01 "An Act allowing teacher certification for certain persons based on a criminal history                                  
02 background check without fingerprints."                                                                                 
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 14.20.020 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                          
05            (j)  Whenever required by a provision of this chapter to submit fingerprints to                              
06       use for a criminal background check for the purpose of determining a person's                                     
07       suitability for employment as a teacher, the department shall accept a name-based                                 
08       criminal history background check on a person from the agency performing the                                      
09       background check if the                                                                                           
10                 (1)  person cannot submit legible fingerprint cards due to a permanent                                  
11       disability that precludes the person's ability to submit fingerprints; or                                         
12                 (2)  agency informs the department that its examination of at least two                                 
13       separate sets of fingerprint cards shows that the person's fingerprints are illegible due                         
14       to a permanent skin condition.