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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>Date: </b>May 14,
2025<b></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>To: </b> FACULTY,
DEANS’ ACADEMIC PERSONNEL STAFF AND CFAOS<span style="font-size:10pt;line-height:107%"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b>From: </b> <span class="gmail-normaltextrun">DAN JESKE, VICE
PROVOST FOR ACADEMIC PERSONNEL </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> ACADEMIC
PERSONNEL OFFICE </p>
<p class="gmail-paragraph" style="margin:0in 0.5in 0in 0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Re: </span></b></span> <span style="font-size:11pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Academic Hires Misconduct
Disclosure Requirement <span class="gmail-il">Campus</span> Updates</span></b><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></span></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0.2in 8pt 0in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On Friday,
December 20, 2024, I sent communication about California State Laws (SB 791 and
AB 810) <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">that requires final job
applicants to disclose final<b> </b>administrative or judicial decisions issued
within the last seven years related to misconduct effective January 01, 2025.
The purpose of this communication is to provide an update regarding new
guidance recieved (dated March 31, 2025) from Deputy Provost Amy K. Lee,
Systemwide Academic Personnel, and interim Vice Provost Douglas M. Hayes,
Faculty Affairs and Academic Programs, to revise guidance and template forms <b>effective
April 18, 2025</b>. These changes are in
response to further review of SB 791 and AB 810 and additional feedback received
from key stakeholders after the systemwide implementation effective January 1,
2025. </span>The primary change is that the misconduct questionnaire now only inquires
about substantiated misconduct.<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0.2in 8pt 0in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The second purpose of
this communication is to update you regarding the campus implementation of <b>Truescreen</b>
(deployed on March 18, 2025), which is the vendor administering the Misconduct
Disclosure Questionnaire and Authorization Release Forms for all candidates
applying for academic employee positions (including graduate students). Departmental
hiring units Staff and Dean’s Staff have been advised of this deployment and they
have been sending notifications to candidates to complete the Misconduct
Disclosure Questionnaire and/or the Employer Authorization Release Forms. The
departmental hiring units are able to verify status of the completion of these
questionnaires. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0.2in 8pt 0in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Please note: </span></b><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Truescreen
is not performing criminal background checks or credit checks. They are only
collecting the responses received, updating questionnaire status in Truescreen’s
dashboard and sending notifications to the hiring department or Dean’s Staff
user. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0.2in 8pt 0in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Lastly, this process includes graduate student employees. Attached
is the communication the graduate students received. The hiring departments
should be informing the graduate students to look for emails received from
Truescreen so they are aware of the email’s purpose. For additional detailed
information, please refer to the Misconduct and Background Check website located
</span><a href="https://academicpersonnel.ucr.edu/recruitment-and-appointment#misconduct-and-background-chec" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><b><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">here</span></b></a><b><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">.</span></b><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0.2in 8pt 0in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">If there are additional questions which are not addressed in
these resources, please send questions to </span><a href="mailto:academicpersonnel@ucr.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration-line:none">academicpersonnel@ucr.edu</span></a><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">. </span></p>
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<p class="gmail-paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"></span><br></p><img src="cid:ii_maok3gva0" alt="image.png" width="280" height="41" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br>
<p class="gmail-paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dan Jeske</span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-paragraph" style="margin:0in;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Vice Provost for Academic Personnel</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun">Elizabeth Watkins, Provost and
Executive Vice President</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun">Lorena Penaloza, Chief Campus Counsel </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun">Kiersten Boyce, Chief Compliance
Officer </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun">Philip Brisk, Vice Provost of
Administrative Resolution </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun">Lidia Kos, Vice Provost & Dean of
Graduate Studies</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun">Alex Najera, Associate Vice Chancellor
& Chief Human Resource Officer</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun">Ken Baerenklau, Associate Provost &
Chief of Staff </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="gmail-normaltextrun">Katina Napper, Assistant Vice Provost
for Academic Personnel </span></p>
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