Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has several deficiencies in its background screening process, leading to nearly 13,000 employees with outdated criminal history checks, according to an investigation by the county’s Office of the Inspector General.
That figure represents almost half of the more than 25,800 employees who work for the school district, according to the MCPS website.
In a report on its investigation released on Monday, the inspector general’s office found that nearly 13,000 employees had outdated criminal history checks, and almost 5,000 individuals who may have unsupervised access to students haven’t undergone a Child Protective Services (CPS) check. Also, some contractors and volunteers with unsupervised access to students began work prior to the completion of criminal history checks, according to the report…