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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Criminal Background Check Names Haven't Been Released, But One More School Board Member Failed the Test

Board of Education member Steve Rogan from the Keansburg School District has been disqualified from his BOE seat because of a failure to pass the criminal background check.

The NJ Department of Education still hasn't released the names of the more than 350 school board and charter school trustees who failed to fill out a form allowing a criminal background check.  "We are still finalizing the list," said Allison Kobus, spokesman for the department late Wednesday. But she did release the name of a school board member who underwent a criminal background check and failed it: Steve Rogan, who sat on the Keansburg Board. Under state law, Rogan is now disqualified to keep his board of education sit because he has something in his past that came up during the criminal background search. Rogan could not be reached for comment. Kobus said that the reason for the disqualification is not given out according to the …

George

10:13 am on Thursday, January 12, 2012

This is a good step in the right direction: "But she did release the name of a school board member who underwent a criminal background check and failed it". I usually run a criminal background record check on all my employees. We work at a day home and hire nannies. There are services online to accomplish this, one for example which I use; http://www.freebackgroundrecordcheck.com. Nowadays there …   more ›

NJ Education Dept. To Release Criminal Background Check Names Today; Woodbridge BOE Members Passed

The names of the 350+ Board of Education and Charter School officials who will be kicked out of office for not filling out a criminal background check form are due to be released today. Meanwhile, Woodbridge BOE members have passed the check.

Today's the day that the names of the 362 school board members and charter school trustees who haven't filled out a mandatory criminal background check form with the NJ Dept. of Education is due to be released. Parents in Woodbridge, though, can rest assured that all nine members of the Woodbridge Board of Education have filled out that form, and none have criminal records, said School Superintendent Dr. John Crowe. "All our board members took part in that process," Crowe said. "We've received notification that they all passed it."  Board President Brian Small said he'd be "very surprised" if any of his fellow board members hadn't complied with the Dept. of Education mandate. Speaking about board members statewide, Small said, "We've had …

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