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Schools Need Background Checks on Volunteers and Contractors, Not Just Teachers

Schools Need Background Checks on Volunteers and Contractors, Not Just Teachers

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While the vast majority of schools currently run background checks on teachers, they aren’t the only people who work closely – in some cases, too closely – with students. The following two cases from

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Child rapist teacher gets 10 year

Child rapist teacher gets 10 year

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CHILD rapist school teacher Gerard Vincent Byrnes may spend just six more years in jail for the repeated rape and molestation of his students at a Toowoomba Catholic primary school. Byrnes, 61, appeared in the

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School Employee & School Teacher Background Verification

School Employee & School Teacher Background Verification

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"Schools typically perform the bare minimum, one-time criminal history checks for teachers and school employees mandated by state law. Red flags in the employment history of new applicants often go undiscovered, and crimes committed

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Sex abuse in schools: Prosecutors say manipulation often begins with a text or email

Sex abuse in schools: Prosecutors say manipulation often begins with a text or email

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In the past three years, 23 teachers, coaches and school officials in North Jersey have been charged with or convicted of sex crimes against children. Three have been arrested this month alone. In the last

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