Florida 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 […]
MA 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 […]
OSU 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 […]
Six 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 […]