6 p.m. Update (AP) — The State Board of Education has voted to require all Kansas teachers renewing their licenses to submit fingerprints for checks against a state criminal database.

Tuesday’s 9-1 vote came during a discussion of how to strengthen a law requiring prosecutors to notify the state about criminal convictions of people seeking or renewing teaching licenses.

Kansas has been fingerprinting applicants for new teaching licenses since 2002. The new policy would extend the requirement to teachers renewing licenses every five years.

State law bars the board from issuing licenses to anyone convicted of sex crimes, child abuse, murder or certain other offenses.

Prosecutors are required to regularly report all felony convictions to the Department of Education so it can check them against employment rosters. But there are no penalties for not complying.

(AP) — The State Board of Education is considering requesting a modification of state law to improve the reporting of teachers convicted of certain crimes.

The board was scheduled to hear a recommendation Tuesday from a deputy education commissioner on people seeking either a new teaching license or the renewal of an existing license.

Kansas law bars the board from issuing teaching licenses to anyone convicted of certain offenses, including sex crimes, child abuse, murder or promoting obscenities.

Prosecutors are required to regularly report all felony convictions to the Department of Education so it can check them against employment rosters. But there are no penalties for not complying.

Education officials want better reporting, including fingerprint checks to verify license applications and monthly reports to the state about any convictions involving license holders.