The USA TODAY NETWORK determined America’s system for checking teachers’ backgrounds is a loosely-connected patchwork of state laws...
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Child’s Death Prompts Lawsuit Against Childcare Referral Company
Hiring the right person to care for your kids and elderly parents is one of the most difficult decisions to make. And now a popular website that...
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Udall Co-Sponsors Bill To Provide Background Checks To Organizations That Serve Children
U.S. Senator Tom Udallannounced that he is cosponsoring the Child Protection Improvements and Electronic Life and Safety Security Systems Act ...
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Probe Finds Fakery at Nine New York City Child Care Centers
Six child care centers of nine investigate have already been closed and the others are on track to be shuttered after investigators found one...
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George Washington University To Require Background Checks For Faculty Candidates
George Washington University will perform background checks on top faculty candidates next year to screen for sexual offenses and major criminal...
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Efforts to Close Loophole that Kept Sex Offender Working at School
Background checks are supposed to weed out the questionable employees, and, in most cases, they do. Still, it doesn’t catch crimes committed...
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Rhode Island Bill Expands Background Checks for Third-party School Employees
Scott Sanford worked closely enough with East Greenwich schoolchildren to give them treats on the school bus. But the friendly bus monitor was not...
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Child Care Workers Must Complete Criminal Background Checks Under Senate Bill
The Senate has voted 96-2 to reauthorize a $5 billion annual grant program that provides childcare for 1.6 million children. It includes a new...
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Kansas State Board of Education Approves Background Checks for All Teachers
All teachers will now have to undergo background checks, under a policy approved 9 to 1 by the State Board of Education. The policy requires all...
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Proposal Would Force All Kansas Teachers To Be Fingerprinted
A new plan to require criminal background checks for all Kansas educators is generating a lot of buzz across the state. The proposal would require...
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