Tribal schools fail to conduct fingerprint checks
Thursday, July 24, 2008
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Education
Some tribes that run
Bureau of Indian Affairs schools aren't requiring employees to undergo fingerprint checks, according to a report from the
Interior Department's Inspector
General.
Based on a sampling of employee hires at 18 tribal-run BIA schools between 2004 and 2007, 43 percent did not undergo the checks, the report said. Four tribal-run schools didn't check fingerprints at all.
The record was better at schools run directly by the BIA. Six percent did not undergo fingerprint checks, the OIG said.
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