About this episode

This episode discusses Ohio's employee background check requirements and considerations for hiring applicants with past criminal convictions.

Hiring decisions begin with student safety. In this episode, OSBA attorneys Dustin Koslen and Jennifer Hardin explain Ohio's employee background check requirements, absolute bar offenses, rehabilitation provisions and what school districts should consider before hiring applicants with past criminal convictions. They also preview updated OSBA legal fact sheets and the upcoming Attendance, Tuition and Custody Law Workshop. For more resources, training and advocacy updates from the Ohio School B...

People in this episode

Host: Scott Gerfen

Guests: Dustin Koslen, Jennifer Hardin

Topics covered

• employee background checks
• Ohio school districts
• student safety
• criminal convictions
• hiring decisions
• rehabilitation provisions

Keywords

• background checks
• Ohio
• school districts
• hiring
• criminal convictions
• student safety
• rehabilitation

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Organizations: OSBA

Places: Ohio

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