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Dorchester 02 updates criminal background-check policy, highlights state alignment and district practices
Summary
The district presented edits to its criminal background-checks policy (not updated since 2010), including language aligning to state statute and clarifying the district's practice of randomized name-based checks of current employees.
Ms. Graham told the policy committee the criminal record checks policy "has not been updated since 2010" and recommended language changes to align it with current practice and the state model.
She told members the district runs "the randomized name based criminal background checks on current employees," even though state law requires checks at hiring. Committee members raised operational questions about the Raptor system's checks of the *** offender registry and whether randomization extends to all employees, and Ms. Graham deferred some personnel-specific questions to HR staff.
The committee did not take a formal action on this item during the meeting; Ms. Graham tied several edits to statutory alignment but did not cite a named statute in the transcript.
