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Teachers, School Employees Found With Criminal Records
A Team 4 investigation found that people with criminal records could be teaching your children, including people charged with or convicted of stalking, theft or assault. Even more shocking is that school officials might know
Read More »Criminal background check prevents to keep sex offenders from working in school
By Nick Anderson Among the 15 cases the Government Accountability Office reviewed was that of former Manassas teacher Kevin Ricks, who pleaded guilty this year to abusing a male student and faces other sex and
Read More »Background Checks on Teachers: Why it is Important
Our children are probably the people we love most. These precious little ones surely give us a reason to see life in a beautiful and positive way. This is why we do everything we
Read More »Schools Need Background Checks on Volunteers and Contractors, Not Just Teachers
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
Read More »Child rapist teacher gets 10 year
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
Read More »School Employee & School Teacher Background Verification
"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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