Texas educators soon to undergo criminal background checks

As Texas prepares to fingerprint up to 1 million teachers, administrators, aides and volunteers starting next month, some worry that long-ago minor offenses may come back to haunt some otherwise good educators. But Texas Education Commissioner Robert Scott said it will make schools even safer: "Parents may forgive us if their children don't learn everything they can possibly learn, but they will not forgive us if something happens to their child on our watch." The Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle