Bush: Let’s simplify checks for schools
A law that requires criminal background checks for anyone working at a school has caused headaches that the governor and schools want to fix.
TALLAHASSEE - Gov. Jeb Bush said he wants to make it easier and cheaper for businesses to comply with a new Florida law requiring school vendors to pass criminal background checks, suggesting relief may come as early as next month. It has been a little more than a week since the Jessica Lunsford Act went into effect, but one provision already is snarled in red tape.
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