How common are background checks on college students?
Background checks on incoming college students became an issue in Virginia earlier this year following an on-campus shooting at Old Dominion University. The assailant had a prior terrorism conviction, but […]
How far back should a background check go?
We ran across an interesting case out of Florida that asks this exact question. A teacher employed by the school system for over a decade had a “Level 2” background […]
Florida law compels employers to link background check info
Excerpted from an Ogletree Deakins Blog by Dee Anna D. Hays Certain organizations in Florida that work with children and vulnerable adults must link to the Agency for Health Care […]
Last name of “Smith” leads to teacher being wrongly ID’d
Excerpted from an ABC 7 News Story by Stephanie Sierra and Renee Koury It was a very ”unwelcome to California” for a new schoolteacher in San Jose. She and her family […]