Louisiana educators will soon have to undergo a criminal background check before they can receive their teaching license in a move intended to make it more difficult for would-be teachers with prior ...

Delays in the processing of criminal background checks for teachers are aggravating Louisiana's educator shortage, state officials say. Cade Brumley, state superintendent of education, said when he ...

Louisiana needs a new state law to ensure that public school teachers undergo thorough criminal background checks, the president of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education said. Others ...