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90_SR0129
SRS90SR0017KSsa
1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, school districts are required under Sections
3 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of the School Code to initiate criminal
4 background investigations of new employees; and
5 WHEREAS, those criminal background checks are conducted
6 by the Department of State Police to ascertain if the
7 employee has been convicted of any of the criminal or drug
8 offenses enumerated in Section 10-21.9 and 34-18.5; and
9 WHEREAS, those criminal background checks may be based on
10 either the employee's name and social security number or the
11 employee's fingerprints; and
12 WHEREAS, the procedures, costs and results of the
13 criminal background checks can vary based on whether the
14 employee's name and social security number or the employee's
15 fingerprints are used; therefore be it
16 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
17 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that the State Board of Education,
18 in consultation with the Department of State Police, shall
19 make available to school districts information on the
20 differences between a criminal background check based on an
21 employee's name and social security number and a criminal
22 background check based on an employee's fingerprints,
23 including, but not limited to, the procedures and process
24 used for each type of check, the costs, and the thoroughness
25 of the results; and be it further
26 RESOLVED, that a suitable copy of this resolution be
27 presented to the State Board of Education and the Department
28 of State Police.