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 ...

So many teachers are calling out sick that state employees are now encouraged to substitute teach. But who's paying for the required background checks? It's not something that the state pays for.