CODE
D7
(Mandatory)[1]
POLICY: VOLUNTEERS
The ___________School Board recognizes the valuable
contributions made to the schools by volunteers and work study students. It
further recognizes that appropriate supervision of volunteers and work study
students will enhance their contributions as well as fulfill the responsibility
that the school district has for the education and safety of its students.
Definitions
For purposes of this policy
and administrative rules and procedures developed pursuant to this policy:
Policy
The Superintendent shall develop administrative rules
and procedures to ensure that volunteers and work study students are appropriately
screened prior to entering into service in the school district, and that only volunteers
and work study students who have been screened and approved by the
superintendent have extended unsupervised contact with students. The screening process utilized by the school
district shall minimally include a name and birth date check with the Vermont
Internet Sex Abuse Registry for any person being considered for service as a
work study student. A person who is on the Vermont Internet Sex Offender Registry
shall not be eligible to be a work study student.[2]
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16 V.S.A. §260 |
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[1] A school board policy on the “supervision of volunteers and work study students” is required by 16 V.S.A. §260.
[2] Section 7b of S.13, enacted in 2009 and effective on its date of passage, requires “…superintendents…and their contractors (to) check the names and date of birth of any work study students with the Vermont Internet sex offender registry prior to allowing work study students unsupervised contact with schoolchildren.” The law further provides that “(A) person who is on the Vermont Internet sex offender registry shall not be eligible to be a work study student.” See 16 V.S.A. §260 as amended by S.13 Section 7b. At the option of the school board, this prohibition could be extended to include volunteers as well as work study students.