photo / foundphotoslj The Austin Independent School District has recently been conducting background tests on its approximately 6,600 educators, with surprising results.
Two-thirds of the educators have been checked, and out of those, 15 have felony criminal records and 241 have misdemeanor criminal records.
A criminal record does not mean the person was convicted, so AISD is investigating each case to determine whether action is necessary.
AISD wouldn’t disclose what types of crimes the teachers were charged with, but a...
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