The results are kept with the application, which is separate from the permanent record. After three years, this information is destroyed. Angela Erlandson stated that once a background check has been conducted and has cleared, it is kept in the permanent record, but the information within the check is kept separately. Also the checks not only involve police records, but employment, driving, or any other type of records. It is to include those items, but not limited to those items.
Faculty undergo a type of background check already, but one for academic purposes.
He felt that it is unnecessary as well as demeaning. The cost depends on how many counties are to be checked. If an individual had moved frequently versus living in only one county, there would be more county checks. She went on to explain that IGI is the contract company the university uses to conduct background checks. The background checks are based on the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and a trace is done of a social security number.