OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (August 19, 2014) — Validity Screening Solutions, a national leader of background checks and drug testing services, was recently awarded the employment and student program screening contract from The Kansas Board of Regents. The contract provides 32 Kansas public universities, community, and technical colleges access to employment and student program screening services through Validity Screening Solutions.
Through the contract, Kansas’s public institutions will benefit from centralized content, comprehensive records research, dynamic compliance maintenance and superior client service. Institution human resources departments may engage Validity to design screening programs and conduct employment-related background checks. Various academic programs will commission Validity to create compliant clinical or enrollment-required screening and drug testing.
“The Validity Screening Solutions team is ready to continue exceeding the expectations of Kansas institutions of higher learning by seamlessly offering accurate and defensible employment and student screening they need to make informed hiring, program enrollment and clinical placement decisions,” said Darren Dupriest, President and CEO of Validity Screening Solutions. “We are honored that The Kansas Board of Regents selected Validity as its preferred vendor.”
About Validity Screening Solutions
Validity Screening Solutions, located in Overland Park, Kan., provides accurate employment screening and drug testing to companies who want to hire confidently. Founded in 1992, Validity offers employers nationwide a convenient, streamlined, and cost-effective approach to hiring by using the latest technology and providing every client a designated account representative that understands their business, its regulations and requirements. For more information about Validity Screening Solutions, visit www.ValidityScreening.com or call 866.915.0792.
About the Kansas Board of Regents
The nine-member Kansas Board of Regents, founded in 1925 and established in the Kansas Constitution, is the governing board of the six state universities and the statewide coordinating board for the state’s 32 public higher education institutions (six state universities, one municipal university, nineteen community colleges and six technical colleges). In addition, the Board administers the state’s student financial aid, adult education, GED, career and technical education programs, and the state university retirement plans. The Board also approves private proprietary schools and out-of-state institutions to operate in Kansas and administers the Kan-ed network, a statewide network that provides broadband Internet access and distance learning capabilities for schools, hospitals and libraries. Visit the Kansas Board of Regents online at www.kansasregents.org.
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