House Bill 775 would require the North Carolina Board of Education to review criminal background checks for each applicant for a teaching license in the state.
Under current state law, it’s up to local school districts to complete criminal background checks on school employees. The state doesn’t play a role. But there are no hard-and-fast statewide rules on which past crimes should or shouldn’t keep a teacher out of the classroom.
Sponsor Rep. Neal Jackson, R-Moore, says local districts could still do their own checks in addition to the state’s. He thinks adding state oversight will make the process more consistent.
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