According to a court affidavit, an assistant principal in the Bronx named Natasha Solon who was terminated without pay found she could not find other work due to her problem code.

“And while she applied to over 60 jobs during that span, she received no offers because, as one interviewer told her, the DOE attached a problem code for her due to alleged ‘misconduct'. While she waited for a decision, her home went into foreclosure, her son had to leave college, and she was forced to get vaccinated to feed her family,” said the affidavit.

According to documents from the ADF, a former teacher and therapist at NYC’s Early Intervention Program for children with disabilities or developmental issues said she found new employment but lost it when her agency discovered her problem code.

“I was shocked that I had been flagged as ineligible to work, because such problem codes often indicate poor performance reviews, misconduct, or even criminal activity. None of these apply to me,” the employee said in her statement. “I did not understand how someone from outside the DOE could even possess this incorrect information about me, I was extremely embarrassed by its negative implications, and I was immensely disappointed that I had to inform the families that I had been assigned to that I could not service their children.”