House File 6 H-1023 Amend House File 6 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 8 and 2 inserting: 3 < f. (1) “School employee” means a any of the 4 following, except as provided in subparagraph (2): 5 (a) A practitioner as defined in section 272.1 or 6 a . 7 (b) A person issued a coaching authorization under 8 section 272.31, subsection 1 . 9 (c) A person employed by a school district 10 full-time, part-time, or as a substitute. 11 (d) A person who performs services as a volunteer 12 for a school district and who has significant contact 13 with students. 14 (e) A contract employee of the school district who 15 has significant contact with students. 16 (2) “School employee” does not include a student 17 enrolled in a school district. A person who would 18 otherwise meet the definition of school employee under 19 subparagraph (1), subparagraph divisions (b) through 20 (e), shall not be considered a school employee for 21 purposes of this paragraph “f” if the person is less 22 than four years older than the student with whom the 23 person engages in conduct prohibited under subsection 24 3, paragraph “a” , and the person is not in a position 25 of direct authority over the student. > 26 ______________________________ COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY BALTIMORE of Boone, Chairperson -1- HF6.280 (3) 86 kh/nh 1/ 1 #1.