Mr. Elliot B. Pasik Esq.: The law that you are mandating that forces non public schools to fingerprint prospective emloyees does not apply to current employees. Current employees of yeshivos may have a criminal record and nobody will know. What do we do about the current situation? How can we get these people out of the yeshiva system whether they may be teachers, janitors etc. if they have a criminal record? Even if this law passes these current employees would skoot around it.
Also, when this law hopefully passes, each fingerprinting of a prospective employer will cost 100 dollars. Does the yeshiva or the applicant pay for this? In todays rough economic times 100 dollars is alot for someone without a job if the prospective employer pays. If the yeshiva pays, where do they come up with 100 dollars for every prospective employee? Why should’nt the state pay? Why cant our government pay to protect our children especially if they pay for the public school fingerprint checks. I think you should advocate in this law that the state pays and not the school or employee.