[10] In September 2007, The FBI arrested five members of the Pleasantville school board as part of a federal corruption case that included several state lawmakers and other public officials.
Included in the sweep were the arrests of Assemblymen Mims Hackett and Alfred E. Steele, and Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera.
[11] Indictments were filed against four sitting members of the board of education charging that they had accepted bribes to steer insurance or roofing business from the district.
[12] The dissolution of some charter schools was a factor in an increase in the student population around 2014, despite a decline in casino jobs.
[14] In March 2007, the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education appointed a monitor to supervise and address a series of issues raised regarding the district's financial practices and "to ensure that state school aid is spent efficiently and effectively".