by Yukana Inoue - The Japan Times
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill that aims to protect young children from sexual assault by requiring those seeking employment in fields involving children to undergo background checks that go back 20 years.
The widely discussed system has been called the Japanese version of the U.K.’s Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Read more: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/19/japan/politics/japanese-dbs/
by Carolyn Jones - EdSource
Wilfred Adu-Beng was already grappling with a mountain of hardships after his father and stepmother died. Getting his younger brother — for whom he was suddenly responsible — to middle school every day proved to be one of the biggest hurdles of all.
In essence, it was impossible. Adu-Beng, a psychiatric tech at a hospital near San Bernardino, often worked swing or early morning shifts.
by Sierra Hignite - WISHTV.com
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indiana lawmaker wants to close a loophole involving background checks at Indiana day care facilities for children.
News 8 talked to parents who say they were shocked to hear that the proposal was not already a requirement.
There are a lot of day care facilities that require criminal background checks for all of their employees, but the state law only requires that some people get those criminal background checks.
