>Reprieve for N.J. school leaders over criminal check
The more than 180 New Jersey school board members and charter school trustees who were sent notices that they were being stripped of their posts for failing to comply with a new criminal background-check requirement were given a reprieve Friday.
Acting Education Commissioner Christopher Cerf “granted an extension to board members that received a letter of ineligibility earlier this week,” said Justin Barra, a state Education Department spokesman. “Any board member that completes the fingerprinting requirement within two weeks – by Jan. 27 – will be eligible to remain on their board if they are cleared through the background check.” (Giordano, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
