In each school year, prior to the assignment of any driver or substitute driver to any vehicle operated by the board of education of any district as a school bus, there shall be filed by the secretary of such board with the county superintendent the name and social security number of each such driver or substitute driver and certification of a valid school bus driver's license, criminal background check, and evidence of a check for the driver's record of alcohol and drug-related motor vehicle violations pursuant to section 6 of P.L. 1989, c.104 (C.18A:39-19.1).
N.J.S. § 18A:39-17