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LAUSD Wrongly Rejected Job Seekers Over Expunged Crimes

Sep 24, 2026

Div. Eight of this district’s Court of Appeal has held that the Los Angeles Unified School District violated a California labor law by excluding two job applicants from employment based on background checks that revealed now-expunged misdemeanor convictions, rejecting the view that the defendant is entitled to filter out candidates with any criminal history in light of its general obligation to protect the children entrusted to its care.