TRENTON — School board members in New Jersey will be required to pass criminal background checks under legislation signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie. The Christie administration announced the bill signing today. The new law disqualifies anyone convicted of certain crimes from serving on a board of education or charter school board. Assemblyman Jerry Green says it only...
Members of the Spotswood school board at a press conference in this 2010 file photo. A new law now requires school board members to go through criminal background checks.TRENTON — School board members in New Jersey will be required to pass criminal background checks under legislation signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie.
The Christie administration announced the bill signing today.
The new law disqualifies anyone convicted of certain crimes from serving on a board of education or charter school board.
Assemblyman Jerry Green says it only makes sense that those who are ineligible to teach in New Jersey's schools be prevented from presiding over them. The Union County Democrat was one of the bill's sponsors.
The law covers crimes ranging from reckless endangerment and drug possession to burglary and murder.