Board Policy Manual
Chapter 2: The Community and the Schools
2.800: Volunteering in Urbana School District 116 Schools
2.810: Screening Volunteers
Any individual who volunteers in any of the District’s schools throughout the school year is required to submit to a finger-print based criminal history records check. For purposes of this policy, “volunteer” includes, but is not limited to, mentors, parents, grandparents, college students, student teachers, retired teachers and any other individual who provides services in the District’s schools voluntarily three or more times in a school year. If the volunteer is assigned to more than one school, the number of times worked by the individual shall be calculated cumulatively.
The fingerprint-based criminal history records check shall be performed on each volunteer covered by this policy prior to the individual being allowed to serve as a volunteer in any of the District’s schools. Authorization for the check shall be furnished by the volunteer. These individuals shall provide a written authorization, which includes name, sex, race, date of birth, social security number, fingerprint images, and other identifiers, which shall be submitted to the Illinois State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The Board President or designee will keep any conviction record confidential and share it only with the Superintendent or designee. A copy of the record of convictions obtained from the Illinois State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation shall be provided to the volunteer.
The District retains the right to refuse the services of any individual who wishes to volunteer with the District whose criminal background investigation reveals a criminal history.
The Superintendent shall further perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Violent Offender Against Youth Database (when available) on each volunteer who works in the District’s schools throughout the year. The Superintendent or designee shall notify a volunteer if the volunteer is identified in either database.
No individual who is a “sex offender,” as defined by the Sex Offender Registration Act, or a “violent offender against youth,” as defined in the Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Registration Act, may serve as a volunteer in the District.
Policy Adopted on: October 16, 2007