Willard City School District
Bylaws & Policies
 

4120.09 - VOLUNTEERS

The Board of Education recognizes that more individualization and greater personal attention to the unique needs of students are provided by volunteers. Moreover, utilizing volunteers in the schools provides an opportunity to generate community interest in the schools and contribute to the public relations effort of the Board. Therefore, the Board of Education endorses the concept of utilizing community volunteers who are willing to devote time and talent to expand learning experiences.

The Superintendent shall be responsible for recruiting community volunteers, reviewing the capabilities of each applicant and making appropriate placements. S/He shall not be obligated to place volunteers whose abilities are not in accord with the District's needs.

The use of classroom volunteer aides is encouraged and can be most helpful for the student and teacher. But due to the sensitive conditions which exist, they must be used with extreme caution and control. The following guidelines are provided:

 A.They must never be used in a primary teaching situation. Generally, their use will be limited to such activities as providing drill exercises, listening to them perform, supervising non-academic situations similar to library and free reading periods and assisting in providing reinforcement of a previously taught concept.
 B.They must not:
  1.have access to office files and records;
  2.administer punishment;
  3.grade papers.
 C.Prior to assignment to any activities, the building principal must approve and be aware of the specific duties they will be assigned. Lesson plans or specific objectives and programs must be prepared and discussed with volunteer. The teacher's responsibility is not relieved.

The Superintendent is to inform each volunteer that s/he:

 A.is required to abide by all Board policies and District guidelines while on duty as a volunteer (including, but not limited to, the volunteer's obligation to keep confidential and not release or permit access to any and all student personally identifiable information to which s/he is exposed except as authorized by law);
 B.will be covered under the District's liability policy but the District can not provide any type of health insurance to cover illness or accident incurred while serving as a volunteer, nor is the person eligible for workers' compensation;
 C.will be asked to sign a form releasing the District of any obligation should the volunteer become ill or receive an injury as a result of his/her volunteer services;
 D.may not accept compensation from any third party or source, including, but not limited to booster, parent or other District support organizations, for the performance of his/her official duties as a volunteer on behalf of the Board.

Furthermore, the Superintendent shall inform all volunteers who work or apply to work unsupervised with children on a regular basis of the need to display appropriate behavior at all times, and that they may be required to provide a set of fingerprints at any time so that a criminal records check can be conducted. If a criminal records check is then conducted, it will be done as a condition of continued service as a volunteer and will be at the Board's expense.

If a criminal records check indicates that a volunteer has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the offenses listed below and/or described in R.C. 109.572 (A)(1), the volunteer will be informed either that the Board is no longer interested in maintaining his/her volunteer service or that the volunteer will be assigned to duties for which s/he will not work unsupervised with children.

The Superintendent shall inform each volunteer of the District's appreciation for his/her time and efforts in assisting in the operation of the schools and for his/her understanding with regard to the need for all volunteers to be subject to possible criminal records check.

Offenses

No person is to be accepted or maintained as a volunteer if s/he has been convicted of any of the following offenses:

 A.aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter
 B.felonious assault, aggravated assault, assault
 C.failing to provide for a functionally impaired person
 D.aggravated menacing
 E.patient abuse or neglect
 F.kidnapping, abduction, child stealing, criminal child enticement
 G.rape, sexual battery, corruption of a minor, gross sexual imposition, sexual imposition, importuning, voyeurism, public indecency, felonious sexual penetration, compelling prostitution, promoting prostitution, procuring, prostitution, disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, pandering obscenity, pandering obscenity involving a minor, pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, illegal use of minor in nudity-oriented material or performance
 H.aggravated robbery, robbery
 I.aggravated burglary, burglary
 J.abortion without informed consent
 K.endangering children
 L.contributing to the delinquency of children
 M.domestic violence
 N.carrying concealed weapons, having weapons while under disability, improperly discharging firearm at or into a habitation or school
 O.corrupting another with drugs
 P.trafficking in drugs
 Q.illegal manufacture of drugs or cultivation of marijuana
 R.funding of drug or marijuana trafficking
 S.illegal administration or distribution of anabolic steroids
 T.drug possession offenses (that are not a minor drug possession offense)
 U.placing harmful objects in or adulterating food or confection
 V.a felony
 W.an offense of violence
 X.a theft offense (as defined in R.C. 2913.01)
 Y.a drug offense (as defined in R.C. 2925.01, that is not a minor misdemeanor).

R.C. 109.574-7, 121.401-2, 3327.16, 3313.203, 3319.321
20 U.S.C. 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99

Revised 5/94
Revised 10/8/01
Revised 6/9/03
Revised 7/10/06
Revised 12/8/08