Should Teachers, Child Care Workers Submit Fingerprints for Background Checks?
Gov. Deval Patrick signed legislation that would require teachers, workers at child care centers and school bus drivers to submit fingerprints for criminal background checks.
Should school and child care employees fingerprinted before starting employment in order to check their criminal backgrounds? The Associated Press recently reported Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is considering signing legislation that would require teachers, workers at child care centers and school bus drivers to submit fingerprints for criminal background checks. On Friday, the state education office announced in a press release that Patrick signed the bill on Thursday, authorizing the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) and school districts to conduct fingerprint-supported national criminal history background checks on all teachers, school employees and early education providers in Massachusetts. "Prior to this law, school …
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robert jones
12:20 am on Sunday, April 7, 2013
As I understand the class 1 sex offender classification in Mass., the police don't have the right to diseminate that information to the public as to an individuals status as level 1, so a sex offender registry check wouldn't show any record--however, as I expect level one commited a crime, it should show on criminal check. Or does it? more ›