CHICAGO (IL)
The Associated Press
June 15, 2018
The Chicago school district will run background checks on thousands of employees after a newspaper found that students had been sexually abused by workers with criminal records.
The Chicago school district will run background checks on thousands of employees after a newspaper found that students had been sexually abused by workers with criminal records.
Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson says the effort is “unprecedented.” The district checks backgrounds of new teachers, volunteers and some others who work in schools, but someone who is already employed doesn’t face the same scrutiny.
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