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Title:  UGA College of Education to check backgrounds
Writer:  Lee Shearer
Date:  September 1, 1999
Source:  Athens Daily News
Lead:  University of Georgia students who want to become teachers will now have to get fingerprinted and pass a criminal background check.
Keywords:  Teacher Education, professional education courses, student teaching, background check, Don Schneider, associate dean, teacher placement, legal liabilities, criminal record, safety, welfare, state and national databases, UGA Police Department, Chuck Horton, Oconee County Board of Education, case-by-case, faculty committee, violent crimes, sexual crimes, nature of offense, arrests, Office of the Attorney General, Valdosta State, Georgia State, Mercer University, Professional Practices and Standards Commission, honesty, moral character.

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