After the audit of Kailua High School in Hawaii last fall, Superintendent, Pat Hamamoto, is instructing schools to clean up. In all, the Department of Education has identified fifteen people who were coaching students last year in Hawaii public schools that never underwent criminal background checks.

As a result, public schools throughout the state have had to verify whether or not the coaches have completed background checks. Hamamoto stated that the coaching candidates, for the spring sports season, “can’t work until they’re cleared”. Furthermore, Hamamoto has required that the screening process include fingerprinting, and concludes that “failure to comply with the fingerprinting requirement will result in discontinuing the employment process or termination”.

There are 2,095 prospective coaches in the coming season. Hamamoto’s office is keeping a close watch on all areas to make sure the criminal background checks are completed for all the coaches.

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