Employment History Review

A school entity may not hire any applicant for a position in which the employee will have direct contact with children until the school entity has complied with the employment history review process outlined in Act 168.

Under Act 168, a hiring entity must require an applicant for any position in which there is direct contact with children to complete Section 1 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Sexual Misconduct/Abuse Disclosure Release form for all employers that fall within the following categories:

1.  The applicant's current employer(s) (regardless of whether the employer was a school entity and/or where the applicant had direct contact with children);

2.  All former employers of the applicant that were school entities; and

3.  All former employers where the applicant was employed in a position where he or she had direct contact with children.

 

Forms are available from the Human Resources Office and must be completed by the prospective employee and returned to the Human Resources Office.  They will then be sent to prior employer(s) for completion of the verification section.