Sen. Toomey Presses For Stricter Background Checks on School Employees Schools are supposed to be safe havens for children, but across the country each year, hundreds of teachers and other school workers are arrested for sexual misconduct. US senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) is introducing legislation for more thorough background checks on school employees, and he hopes to bring it to a vote this week. Today, Toomey held a round table discussion in center city Philadelphia on the topic of sexual abuse of children and how to prevent it. Among those taking part were women who had been abused as children and were now working as child advocates. Toomey’s legislation would ... Continue reading... http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...ricter-background-checks-on-school-employees/
