Cartoon 22

Jiada Nucci
My Initial thoughts
“I’d like to run for class president but I don't want to put my family
through a background check”

● Political cartoon commenting on the extensive background checks

that presidential candidates and their families go through.
● Comparing class president to US president
● It's a joke, not only would a class president not be background
checked,but their families certainly wouldn’t
What is a background
check?
“A background check is a process a person or company uses to verify
that a person is who they claim to be, and provides an opportunity for
someone to check a person’s criminal record, education, employment
history, and other activities that happened in the past in order to
confirm their validity. “
Student background
checks
Students can't be background checked because “Crimes they
committed as minors are sealed and cannot be discovered through a
background check”.
Teacher background checks
Background checks are different for each state but some include:

● criminal history searches

● work history verifications
● professional license checks
● reference checks
● education verification checks
● regular drug testing
Pros and cons to
background checks
Background checks are there to ensure that the
students are safe and in the presence of a
responsible adult. While faculty generally support
background checks, some worry that if the checks
are too extensive than petty crimes or crimes
committed that have nothing to do with a students
safety will risk their jobs or their ability to get hired.
Questions I had
● How far do we want to take background checks? At what point do
we consider a felony to be too severe for someone to teach?
● Do you think that background checks should differ state to state?
sources
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background_check
● https://www.edurisksolutions.org/blogs/?Id=2147483671
● https://www.backgroundchecks.com/community/Post/6061/Which-Ba
ckground-Checks-Are-Done-for-Teachers
● https://www.wect.com/2019/08/19/still-no-law-requiring-fingerprint-
backgroud-checks-teachers-nc-public-schools/