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SB 179                                                                                            
CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 179(FIN) "An Act relating to criminal                                        
history records and background checks; allowing persons to teach in                                 
the public schools for up to five months without a teaching certificate                             
if the person has applied for a certificate and the application has not                             
been acted upon by the Department of Education and Early                                            
Development due to a delay in receiving criminal history records;                                   

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allowing teacher certification for certain persons based on a criminal                              
history background check without fingerprints; and providing for an                                 
effective date" was engrossed, signed by the President and Secretary                                
and transmitted to the House for consideration.