Mr. Slone, you have certainly struck a chord with my facility. To be honest with you, it should be the State Board's responsibility to be more informative with what they will consider in a students background. I print out the Q&A from the Board's website for criminal backgrounds and give them to my new starts so at least they have some idea what is acceptable and what is not. Quite frankly, a student does not have the time and money to waste on a PT program only to find out halfway thru that the Board will not pass them. If a student has a questionable background, lately I will have them contact the Board after six weeks of application submittal. They are either told everything looks ok or they are assigned a case manager who the student can follow up with for status updates. The Case Manager will also inform them if they need additional information to complete the process. This has worked out very well and seems to lessen the anxiety and calm the student down enough to re-focus on the curriculum.