A bipartisan group of state lawmakers are seeking ways to crack down on the hiring of public school contract employees who may pose a danger to students following scandals involving inappropriate sexual behavior.
Last year, police arrested Austin Independent School District (AISD) tutor Isaiah Xavier Smith for indecency with a child at Akins High School. Months later KXAN reported that Smith had been previously investigated for sexual misconduct and terminated from his job as a juvenile corrections officer. Despite allegations that Smith had inappropriately touched a minor at Giddings State School in 2022, he was hired by Austin Partners in Education (APIE) to work in AISD schools.
