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Friday, January 11, 2013

Teachers, Child Care Workers Now Must Submit Fingerprints for Background Checks: What Do You Think?

Until a new law was signed by the governor on Friday, Massachusetts was the only state not to require nationwide background checks for school district employees.

  School and child care employees now must be fingerprinted before starting employment. On Friday, Gov. Dval Patrick signed a bill that requires teachers, workers at child care centers and school bus drivers to submit fingerprints for criminal background checks. Until now, school employees have been required to undergo a CORI check, which only reveals whether or not an individual has a criminal record in Massachusetts, and does not indicate any possible criminal record in other states.  Fingerprints will be submitted to the Massachusetts State Police for a state criminal history check and forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check, reports the Associated Press. The state legislature passed the …

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dan

8:44 am on Tuesday, January 29, 2013

SDK (1) “Why was a paranoid schizophrenic allowed to buy a gun in the first place?” Doctors gave the paranoid schizophrenic a clean bill of health; and, they are not help civil or criminal responsible. (2) “Why was a suburban CT women storing her "fun to shoot" guns in her son's bedroom?” Where did you hear the guns were stored in the son’s bedroom? Why did the ACLU stop the law that would have …   more ›

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Governor May Sign Bill To Require Teachers, Bus Drivers To Submit Fingerprints

The fingerprint background checks would also apply to everyone seeking to adopt children or become foster parents.

The Associated Press is reporting Gov. Deval Patrick is considering signing legislation that would require teachers, workers at child care centers, school bus drivers and others to submit fingerprints for criminal background checks. The fingerprint background checks would also apply to everyone seeking to adopt children or become foster parents, as the legislation is written. Fingerprints would be submitted to the Massachusetts State Police for a state criminal history check and forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check, reported the Associated Press.   What do you think? Tell us in the comments.

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siobhan hullinger

3:21 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013

Yes, I should have been more specific - I assumed there was extensive background checks as part of CORI but looking into it - CORI is not extensive, it's cursory.   more ›

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