Are substitutes required to obtain criminal background records when applying for a permanent position?
This is a school policy issue. If the school policy considers this a transfer, new criminal reports may be required: 24 PS 1-111 (h) No person employed in a public or private school on the effective date of this section shall be required to obtain the information required herein as a condition of continued employment. Any person who has once obtained the information required under this section may transfer to another school in the same district or established and supervised by the same organization and shall not be required to obtain additional reports before making such transfer. If the school policy considers this a new hire the Child Abuse, State Criminal and Federal Criminal records would be required: http://www.teaching.state.pa.us/teaching/cwp/view.asp?
