Why conduct FBI background checks?
Section 111 of the Public School Code was amended (Act 114 of 2006) effective April 1, 2007. All student teacher candidates (participating in classroom teaching, internships, clinical or field experience) and prospective employees (including but not limited to administrators, teachers, substitutes, janitors, cafeteria workers, office employees) of public and private schools, Intermediate Units and area vocational-technical schools, including independent contractors and their employees and bus drivers, who have direct contact with children, must provide to their employer a copy of their Pennsylvania State Criminal History Background Check and their Federal Criminal History Record that cannot be more than one (1) year old. The amendment (Act 114 of 2006) only applies to employees hired on or after April 1, 2007.
