OR – Private schools not required to background check staff
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 […]
PA – Top court could decide faculty background check question
Excerpted from a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story by Bill Schackner A legal dispute more than three years old between Pennsylvania’s state university system and its faculty union may come to a […]
Chicago schools – background checks, fingerprinting required amid sex abuse scandal
Excerpted from a CBS Chicago story by Jim Williams Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is checking the background of thousands of CPS employees following reports students were sexually abused by teachers […]
Legislation protecting Tennessee children passes
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 […]