You’d think that teachers would undergo the most rigorous background checks of just about any profession. But you’d be wrong. The system, run by states and local school districts, is a ...

The USA TODAY NETWORK determined America's system for checking teachers' backgrounds is a loosely-connected patchwork of state laws and procedures, inconsistent practices by school districts and ...

A 2015 federal audit found thousands of teacher files were missing records of full criminal background checks as mandated by state law. In a statement, CDE says the "reason the records went ...

The national teachers’ unions are in a bit of a squeeze play on the issue of teacher background checks: They’re for the concept in principle, but twitchy on how a recent House-passed proposal ...

Teachers and all school workers will be required to submit themselves for fingerprinting and FBI background checks under a state law that is beginning to take effect. (Michael S. Gordon/The ...

Are local school districts doing enough to keep teachers with criminal records out of the classroom? Some North Carolina ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The number of background checks performed by the state for substitute teachers has skyrocketed in recent years after state lawmakers loosened requirements to enter the profession.

Three years ago, Tomball ISD planned to Pamela Ferrell as a teacher. The district ordered a background check from JDP. It listed, though, someone else’s crimes in Ferrell’s report. The other ...

A bill that would require public library employees across Utah to get criminal background checks, or their libraries could lose state funding, has passed its first legislative hurdle. House Bill ...