Our program is required to background check every single promising applicant before we can continue the hiring process, which is multiple people per job opening.  We are also required to screen all regular volunteers and vendors who work in our school building.  Just this school year, this was 50 people for our school.  Increasing the cost of background checks adds another $70 per applicant on top of the current costs of OBI, TB screening, out of state checks, CPR licensure, First-Aid, and MAT trainings.  This also adds admin burden and time to navigate. 

This is an unnecessary hardship to pass on to schools and centers without additional resources.  I stand with other school leaders to get the new costs repealed.