Ohio wants 4,700 educators back in fingerprint-check system
About 4,700 licensed grade-school educators are missing from Ohio's fingerprint-tracking system that helps notify their employers about any new criminal charges against them, so they're being asked to voluntarily be fingerprinted again and get background checks while officials seek to fix a loophole that led to the problem.At least 1,200 of those educators currently work in Ohio public schools, according to the state Department of Education.The issue surfaced before the current school year, and
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