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Title 16 : Education
Chapter 005 : Secretary of Education
Subchapter 004 : ACCESS TO CRIMINAL RECORDS
(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 251)-
§ 251. Policy
It is the policy of the State of Vermont to use criminal record checks to deter abuse and exploitation of school children and to do so in a manner that protects, as much as is practicable, the privacy of those subject to such checks. (Added 1997, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
