Louisiana teachers need background checks to be certified
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Excerpted from a Nola.com blog by Elyse Carmosino Louisiana educators will soon have to undergo a criminal background check before they can receive their teaching license in a move intended […]
A closer look at school background checks after two coaches arrested
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Excerpted from a FOX 59 Story by Eric Graves Within days of each other last week, two central Indiana high school coaches were arrested and charged with dealing and possession […]
Louisiana teachers could have to pay for additional criminal background check
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Excerpted from an Louisiana Illuminator post by JC Canicosa Right now, Louisiana K-12 teachers are required to undergo a single criminal background check for their teaching certificate and during the […]
OR – Private schools not required to background check staff
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Excerpted from a KATU-2 TV story by Joe Douglass At public schools, teachers and other staff members must undergo criminal background checks. But that’s not the case for private schools […]