In accordance with State law, the Board of Education requires a criminal background check including information from the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCII) of each applicant the Superintendent recommends for employment on the District's non-teaching staff as well as for all current non-teaching employees on a periodic basis. These requirements apply to any non-teaching employee, including individuals employed by a private company under contract with the Board to provide services and all substitutes and persons employed on a part-time basis such as coaches or activity supervisors.

Specific rules relating to employees engaged in the operation of a vehicle for student transportation (bus/van drivers) and non-teaching employees who are also licensed by the Ohio Department of Education (e.g. aides with a permit, paraprofessionals with a license, and those individuals who do not hold a valid educator's license but who are employed by the Board under a student activity permit)shall be implemented as prescribed by law and applicable administrative code.

A criminal background check is not required of any currently-employed staff member who is a candidate for another position in the District, unless otherwise required by law and/or this policy.

The Board authorizes the Educational Service Center to undertake the criminal history check for individuals the Board may employ.

The Superintendent shall establish administrative guidelines that require an appropriate records check that complies with the law.

Any information and records obtained from such inquiries are not public record and shall be kept confidential and not released or disseminated.

Should it be necessary to employ a person to maintain continuity of the District's operations, prior to receipt of the criminal history record, the Superintendent may, except in the case of a bus driver, employ the person on a provisional basis until the report is received.

Non-teaching employees who are also licensed by the Ohio Department of Education (e.g., aides with a permit, paraprofessionals with a license, and those individuals who do not hold a valid educator's license but who are employed by the Board under a student activity permit) who engage in conduct unbecoming the teaching profession and/or who it is determined have pled guilty to or have been convicted of any offense enumerated under R.C. 3319.39(B)(1), are subject to the mandatory reporting requirements set forth in Policy 8141, in addition to an action by the Board to terminate their employment.

All other non-teaching employees who are the subject of a criminal records check including applicants hired provisionally in advance of a completed criminal records check, as well as student transportation employees (bus/van drivers, preschool and special needs bus aides), and/or individuals employed by a private company under contract with the Board to provide services, who it is determined have pled guilty to or been convicted of any offense enumerated under R.C. 3319.39(B)(1), shall not be hired or shall be released from employment, as applicable, unless such individual meets the rehabilitation standards adopted by the Ohio Department of Education under division (E) of that section at the time of the hiring and/or upon discovery of such plea or conviction by the Board.

R.C. 109.57, 109.572, 2950, 2953.32, 3319.39, 3301.541, 3319.291, 3319.391
A.C. 3301-83-06 (B)(10), 3301-83-06 (F)(2), 3301-83-06 (F)(5)
A.C. 3301-83-10 (F), 3301-20-01, 4501-1-05

Revised 11/26/07
Revised 5/19/08
Revised 7/26/10