Schools Should Conduct Thorough Background Checks

Recent headlines suggest that private and public schools should re-visit their employment screening practices. In New Hampshire a substitute teacher with a previous felony conviction was recently charged with felony sexual assault highlighting clear problems with the State’s background screening policy. Incidents like this could have been avoided if a thorough criminal background check had been conducted originally finding the previous felony conviction and subsequent denial of employment. Schools more than most must have a solid in-depth employment background screening policy in place to protect the at-risk population of children. Conducting a thorough background check on all aspects of an individual’s past is critical to protecting students. It is also important to perform the broadest background check enquiry possible on all individuals that come in contact with students such as teachers, bus drivers, janitors, volunteers, contractors and aides. To read more about this issue view recent CriminalBackgroundRecords.com press release: http://www.criminalbackgroundrecords.com/news/2014-5-22-Schools-Remain-Critical-Environments-for-Thorough-and-Complete-Background-Screening.html