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Here you will find a compilation of letters and links to articles relevant to our work. These resources will give you a better understanding of what we can do for you, as well as point out the risks and real life threats everyone has to deal with.

The message is clear: Bad things do happen. But you can avoid them or get the facts to make an informed decision. JTAC is here to help you. And rest assured that ALL information is strictly CONFIDENTIAL!!!

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• AP: Sexual misconduct plagues US schools

  By MARTHA IRVINE and ROBERT TANNER, AP National Writers - October 21, 2007

  More states now require background checks on teachers, fingerprinting and mandatory reporting of abuse, though there are still loopholes and a lack of coordination among districts and states.
  U.S. Supreme Court rulings in the last 20 years on civil rights and sex discrimination have opened schools up to potentially huge financial punishments for abuses, which has driven some schools to act.

• Letter to an ATV Club to let them know of a new service that JTAC provides that may help the sometimes-strained relationships that occur between landowners and ATV users.

• BACKGROUND CHECKS IN YOUTH SPORTS:
  GUIDELINES FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION (PDF, 1.15MB)

• Former Northfield coach convicted in N.H.
  October 6, 2007 , By Daphne Larkin Times Argus Staff
  

  A former Northfield boys' basketball coach was convicted by a jury Tuesday in a New Hampshire court of negligent homicide, possession of heroin, reckless conduct and aggravated driving while intoxicated.
  

• O'Leary out at Notre Dame after one week

  Posted: Friday December 14, 2001 10:00 AM, Sports Illustrated Online

  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- George O'Leary resigned as Notre Dame football coach five days after being hired, admitting he lied about his academic and athletic background.

  O'Leary claimed to have a master's degree in education and to have played college football for three years, but checks into his background showed it wasn't true.

• No Background Check for Busted School Bus Driver
  January 30, 2007 - ABCnews.com

  After a school bus driver was arrested for possession of cocaine, the Columbus, Ohio school system abruptly cancelled classes for 56,000 students last Thursday. School officials had learned that no criminal background checks had been done on the arrested driver and dozens of other drivers hired from the "First Student" company.

• CU implements background checks; stabbing suspect employed after 2001 arrest
  By Laura Snider (Contact)
  Originally published 03:12 p.m., August 27, 2007

  The man suspected of cutting a University of Colorado freshman on his first day of classes Monday worked at the university last school year, CU officials said. CU did not do a background check on Kenton Drew Astin, who was sent to a state mental hospital in 2001 after being accused of stabbing a 21-year-old Longmont man.

  That policy will be changed be immediately, CU Chancellor Bud Peterson told reporters at a 5 p.m. news conference.