SANTA FE – Santa Fe public schools will begin checking to see if visitors are on a national sex offender list.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the change adopted this week will require parents and visitors to campus to show IDs so officials can check their backgrounds. A system will conduct a quick scan to make sure the name and birthdate on the visitor’s driver’s license do not match any information logged in a national sex offender list.
Under the new system, visitors must swipe their driver’s license or another type of identification card through a device that looks similar to a credit card machine.
Santa Fe Public Schools spokesman Jeff Gephart says the change will add “an additional layer of safety.”
