School criminal background checks spotty - OregonLive.com: Breaking News Updates: "In Oregon, school districts need only a $5 criminal background check to hire non-teaching employees, including coaches and activity advisers.
And the decision to employ a person who has a criminal record below the most serious offenses -- murder, rape or sex crimes -- falls on school leaders.
Charges against a Washington County cheerleading coach at Southridge High School reveal loopholes in Oregon's screening process to ferret out those who may pose a danger to children."
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