Excerpted from cannoncourier.com blog Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell (R-Nashville) today applauded the passage of five bills that help protect Tennessee school children from educator sexual misconduct. The bills were filed after several...
Read MoreFlorida laws don’t stop private schools from hiring felons
Excerpted from orlandosentinel.com, by Annie Martin and Leslie Postal Shanqual Marshall-Gunn, banned from teaching in Florida public schools because of a Medicaid fraud conviction, was hired by a private school in Pine Hills a month after her...
Read MoreMA state under pressure to expand background checks
Excerpted from gloucestertimes.com story by Christian M. Wade Workers at summer camps, preschools and day care centers that get federal grants may soon need to be fingerprinted and subjected to national criminal background checks. A plan filed by...
Read MoreOSU faculty express opinions about new background checks
Excerpted from and OCOLLY.com post by Stetson Payne Oklahoma State University’s new faculty background checks have some professors fearing the checks will disenfranchise qualified applicants and threaten academic freedom. The OSU Faculty Council...
Read MoreSix reasons to do a background check
It is growing more and more common today for employers to conduct a background check on potential candidates before hiring. Simply put, background checks are reviews of criminal, personal and financial records of a potential hire for your...
Read MoreGeorgia – Private school to begin drug testing students
Excerpted from a Ledger-Enquirer story by Mark Rice A Columbus, Georgia private school has decided to start drug-testing its oldest students. Brookstone School announced Wednesday that the drug-testing of students in grades 8-12 will be voluntary...
Read MoreReport offers ideas to tighten background checks at schools
Excerpted from localmemphis.com, by Brad Broders A first of its kind report outlined how Tennessee school districts can better protect against hiring people who sexually abuse children. The comptroller’s office study released Wednesday gave...
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