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MCPS presents plan to rescreen staff after inspector general report; schools to finish re-fingerprinting by December
Summary
Superintendent Taylor told the Montgomery County Board of Education on Sept. 25 that MCPS is moving rapidly to close gaps in background screening identified by the county inspector general.
Superintendent Taylor told the Montgomery County Board of Education on Sept. 25 that MCPS is moving rapidly to close gaps in background screening identified by the county inspector general.
"I am so disappointed to tell you, that we're even in this place," Superintendent Taylor said, adding the district had begun immediate steps to refingerprint employees hired before 2019 and enroll them in the federal Rap Back continuous-monitoring program.
The update described four parallel actions: refingerprinting staff not yet in Rap Back; using the Maryland child-protective-services portal to resolve missing CPS clearances; strengthening school-level procedures for screening volunteers and contractors; and drafting clearer, codified policy and regulation so screening responsibilities and suitability-review criteria are unambiguous.
The systemwide effort involves MCPS central offices and a multiagency partnership with the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). DHHS director Dr. James Bridgers told the board his office has been…
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