ND – Background check waiver for child care
Excerpted from a Bismarck Tribune story by Blair Emerson Child care providers in North Dakota were left scrambling to comply with a new federal requirement mandating all staff and volunteers […]
TN – School staffs must undergo five-year background checks
Excerpted from a Shelbyville Times-Gazette story by Dawn Hankins If you’re a parent worrying about a sexual predator teaching your child, a new state law requiring that all school employees […]
Chicago schools – background checks, fingerprinting required amid sex abuse scandal
Excerpted from a CBS Chicago story by Jim Williams Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is checking the background of thousands of CPS employees following reports students were sexually abused by teachers […]
Maine child care workers support new background checks
Excerpted from a WGME story Child care workers in Maine will soon have to undergo rigorous background checks and be fingerprinted under a new state law. The Maine Legislature overturned […]