Governor Jack Markell put his signature on a measure called the Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III Child Protection Act.
It would beef up background checks for private schools and summer camps.
The requirements would use finger prints for a national criminal background check.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that it would ban those with a criminal conviction for a felony sexual assault or a misdemeanor crime involving a child from such employment.
As he signed the legislation into law Governor Jack Markell said that protecting children was a top priority for Attorney General Beau Biden, the late son of Vice President Joe Biden.
Beau died earlier this year from a brain tumor.
