17 NJ Board of Education Members Resign after Background Checks
29 school board members in New Jersey will have to step down from their posts, according to a report on NJPR.
Under a new law introduced last year, school board members had to submit fingerprints and a criminal background check in order to stay on their respective education board, similar to the process every school employee must go through. The report said that 17 board members were found to have had a criminal conviction in their records, while another 12 did not submit their paperwork by the scheduled deadline.