TRENTON, NJ (AP) -- Gov. Jon Corzine has signed a measure that gives high school administrators in New Jersey access to adult students' criminal histories.
The bill requires that principals be made aware when any high school student 18 or older is charged with certain criminal offenses. And if a student 18 or older transfers, the old school must share criminal records with the new school.
The bill was unanimously approved by the Assembly and Senate this summer.
Assemblyman John Burzichelli, D-Paulsboro, drafted the measure after hearing that Glassboro High School officials were unaware that a 19-year-old senior transferring into the school had been accused of rape.
The student later pleaded guilty to child endangerment.
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