Today the criminal background checks may be necessary, but there's no need for the fingerprinting. All that is needed to conduct a criminal background check is the person's name, date of birth, and social security number, not fingerprints. Thirty-four states require fingerprinting. The child abusers could go there also. The law forcing teachers to get fingerprinted, cannot prevent child abusers from becoming teachers.
Most child abusers have no criminal record.
If you want to cover everyone who deals with children, it quickly becomes a long list. When you think of where this could go, it quickly becomes apparent how foolish this law is. If we are truly concerned about the well being of our children then we will enforce the laws already in place. Statistics show that more children are hurt and killed by motor vehicle violations, inadequate family violence laws, firearms accidents and environmental hazards than abusive school personnel. Teachers work very hard all year round trying to teach everything from foreign languages and math to social skills.