Some tribes that run Bureau of Indian Affairs schools aren't requiring employees to undergo fingerprint checks, according to a report from the Interior Department's Inspector General.

Based on a sampling of employee hires at 18 tribal-run BIA schools between 2004 and 2007, 43 percent did not undergo the checks, the report said. Four tribal-run schools didn't check fingerprints at all.

The record was better at schools run directly by the BIA. Six percent did not undergo fingerprint checks, the OIG said.

Get the Story:
Audit: SFIS lax in worker background checks (The Santa Fe New Mexican 7/24)

Get the Report:
Final Audit Report, Bureau of Indian Education Background Investigations (April 2008)

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