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The PA Public School Code 24 P.S. §111-1 requires background checks for employees and independent contractors employed by public and private schools, intermediate units and area vocational-technical schools. The list of disqualifying criminal offenses includes twenty-six criminal violations with no limit on the lookback period.  This article discusses the existing state law and proposed federal legislation regarding DUI convictions that also have an unlimited lookback period.

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