North Carolina: Still no law requiring fingerprint background checks for teachers in public schools

Still no law requiring fingerprint background checks for teachers in NC public schools

State education officials and a national media group have found North Carolina’s background check system for public school teachers to be woefully inadequate. The state does not require fingerprint background checks for teachers, and the Department of Public Instruction relies on the honor system, since teachers self-report their criminal history when they apply for a teaching licence. But repeated calls by parents, educators, and some lawmakers for stricter background checks have gone unheeded. There are examples in recent years of teachers who managed to get jobs in North Carolina schools despite having their teaching license revoked in other states for ...

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