In accordance with State law, the Board of Directors requires a criminal background check including information from the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCII) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of each applicant the Executive Director recommends for employment on the Council's staff as well as for all current non-teaching employees on a periodic basis. These requirements apply to any employee, including individuals employed by a private company under contract with the Board to provide essential school services in accordance with Policy 8142, and all substitutes and persons employed on a part-time basis.

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

The Executive Director shall establish administrative guidelines which will require an appropriate records check that complies with the law. These guidelines shall require a criminal history records check, which will include criminal history information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), at the time of an initial application and every five (5) years thereafter, on or before September 5th of the fifth year, for current non-teaching employees every five (5) years, on or before September 5th of the fifth year, and for any individual employed by a private company under contract with the Board to provide services as set forth in Policy 8142.

The guidelines shall also require that any information and records obtained from such inquiries be kept confidential and shall not be released or disseminated.

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

All other employees who are the subject of a criminal records check including applicants hired provisionally in advance of a completed criminal records check, and/or individuals employed by a private company under contract with the Board to provide services in accordance with Policy 8142, who it is determined have pled guilty to or been convicted of any offense enumerated under R.C. 3319.39(B)(1), including a judicial finding for intervention in lieu of conviction and/or participation in a pre-trial diversion program relating to any of the offenses listed therein, 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, 3319.311, R.C. 3319.391, 3319.392, 3319.40, 3327.10
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