A guide to how youth sports programs should conduct background checks

In today’s communities, coaches and instructors play crucial roles in the success of youth sports leagues. The good coaches, and there are so many out there, devote countless hours and […]
Parents concerned over school volunteer background checks after security lapse

Excerpted from Pittsburgh’s Action News by Elena LaQuatra Parents in the Norwin School District are concerned after a volunteer facing criminal charges was in attendance during a production of the […]
Texas school to drug test 7th graders: ‘Great kids make bad decisions’

Excerpted from Newsweek By Jason Murdock Students of a Texas school district must drug tests before they can take part in certain extracurricular activities—including football, choir and chess. In a […]
KY – Background check law may receive revisions

Excerpted from a Lexington Herald-Leader story by Valerie Honeycutt Spears A new background check law that caused headaches for Kentucky school districts and businesses and an apparent additional 40,000 inquiries […]