June 9, 2025DATE

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Private School Educators Should Have to Pass Criminal Background Checks

Unlike public schools which require all faculty and staff to have criminal
background checks and mandatory reporter training, private schools do not.
As noted by Bobby J. Dixon, M. Ed., Director of Non-Public Education at the
NC Department of Administration, “It is not in our statute to require
criminal background checks of private school employees. It is the decision
of each private school whether they conduct such checks.” This puts child
safety at risk.

On Tuesday, June 10 at 10:00 a.m., the House Education K-12 Committee will
discuss House Bill 775 "[7]Criminal History Checks for School Positions."

The bill will require criminal background checks for people seeking to open
a charter school. It adds other requirements, but the bill only addresses
traditional public schools and charter schools, not private schools!

Why is this bill NOT requiring criminal background checks for private
school educators? Currently only one staff person at a private school—the
staff person with the highest decision-making authority—must pass a
criminal background check.

Please contact members of the House Education K-12 Committee to urge them
to amend House Bill 775 to require criminal background checks and the free
NC mandatory reporter training for all educators employed at private
schools that accept state voucher funds.

The state has spent nearly half a billion taxpayer dollars on private
school tuition this year alone. North Carolinians have the right to expect
that the state is putting regulations in place to keep our children safe.

Link to committee page listing members and assistants: [8]NC House
Education K-12

Chairs
* Rep. Cotham: [email protected]
* Rep. Willis: [email protected]
* Rep. Biggs: [email protected]

Vice-Chairs
* Rep. Blackwell: [email protected]
* Rep. Brockman: [email protected]
* Rep. Rhyne: [email protected]
* Rep. Wheatley: [email protected]

Members
* Rep. Balkcom: [email protected]
* Rep. Ball: [email protected]
* Rep. G. Brown: [email protected]
* Rep. Budd: [email protected]
* Rep. Dew: [email protected]
* Rep. Iler: [email protected]
* Rep. Johnson: [email protected]
* Rep. Lambeth: [email protected]
* Rep. Lofton: [email protected]
* Rep. Morey: [email protected]
* Rep. Riddell: [email protected]
* Rep. Schietzelt: [email protected]
* Rep. Shepard: [email protected]
* Rep. Torbett: [email protected]
* Rep. von Haefen: [email protected]

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