BOULDER Colo.
The University of Colorado plans to make background checks a part of all hires and promotions after a former employee with a criminal history was accused of slashing a student with a knife.
The new policy will probably be in place by Dec. 1, said Gloria Timmons, director of employment services at the university’s Boulder campus.
Kenton Astin, 39, was accused of attacking freshman Michael Knorps on the Boulder campus on Aug. 27, the first day of classes. Knorps was hospitalized briefly.
Astin had been a temporary worker in the CU food court earlier in the year. In 2001, he was sent to the Colorado Mental Health Institute in Pueblo after allegedly stabbing a Longmont man.
Astin faces charges of attempted murder and assault in the attack on Knorps. Astin is undergoing an evaluation at the mental health institute.
