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Levy County board reviews clearinghouse background checks and debates exemptions
Summary
At a workshop, Levy County School Board members discussed how the statewide clearinghouse handles fingerprint-based background checks for employees, volunteers and contractors, including how denials and exemptions are processed and the district's legal and liability risks.
At a workshop, Levy County School Board members and staff discussed the district's rollout of the state clearinghouse for background checks and debated whether the board should allow case-by-case exemptions for people flagged by the system.
Board member Kaylee Wade said the district has begun enrolling people in the clearinghouse and stressed the importance of the checks. "I take this part of my job just like I do every other part of my job very seriously," Wade said, adding that she has visited schools and asked people who were not cleared to leave. She said the clearinghouse initially was presented as providing "no exemptions," but the district later learned some exemption and appeal processes exist.
The clearinghouse, established statewide, compares fingerprint reports to a…
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