CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Parents don't have to worry about Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools pursuing criminal charges against them if their children are found to be athletically ineligible.

Wednesday morning, Superintendent Peter Gorman said that option is now off the table, and the school system will move on.

Gorman wanted the district to press criminal charges against parents who intentionally falsified documents so their child could play sports at a particular school.

But at Tuesday night's school board meeting, board members couldn't back the plan.

Gorman said that without the board’s support, there's no point moving forward with the idea.

The discussion about charges and changes to CMS's eligibility controls came after a troublesome fall sports season, in which two football teams had their seasons forfeited and several other athletes were kicked off teams because of eligibility problems.

This winter, a CMS Athletic Eligibility Committee was formed and they've already had three meetings.

Their fourth and final meeting is scheduled for May, and they'll make their suggestions to the school district some time this summer so that any changes can be implemented by the start of next school year.

Eyewitness News called every committee member and spoke with a few of them. Most said they didn't know criminal charges had been taken off the table, and said they are still open to many other options on how to fix the problem.