In a continuing effort to further ensure the safety and welfare of students and staff, the district shall require criminal records checks and fingerprinting of all newly hired full-time and part-time employees. Others having direct, unsupervised contact with students shall also have criminal records checks and fingerprinting, as required by law.
"Direct, unsupervised contact" means contact with students that provides the person opportunity and probability for personal communication or touch.
In addition to the newly hired employees, such checks shall be required of the following:
1. All district contractors and/or their employees, whether employed part-time or full-time;
2. All contractors and/or their employees who provide early childhood special education or early intervention services in accordance with rules established by the Employment Department;
3. An individual who is an employee of a public charter school.
An individual who has failed to disclose the presence of criminal convictions that would not otherwise prevent his/her employment with the district as provided by law may be employed or contracted with by the district.
The district shall begin the employment of an individual or terms of a district contractor on a probationary basis pending the return and disposition of criminal records checks and/or fingerprinting.
The superintendent shall develop administrative regulations as necessary to meet the requirements of law.
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