Field trip volunteers??

A one time check doesn't make sense because there could be issues after the check was done and the parent could continue to volunteer for any number of years.
Quoting maxswolfsuit:
Quoting annelauer:In our state school volunteer background checks are run through the State Patrol free of charge to the school. They are not national checks though. Some schools may run some sort of national background check with fingerprints in the FBI database or something. I don't know. I can see them charging if they did though. How often would the parents have to get the check? Is it a one-time fee or would it be necessary for each time they volunteer?
The ones we do now are annual.
But in another reply a mom said the $67 check last forever. That would certainly make things easier.

We have to have a background check, but all we have to do is sign a paper saying we give permission for them to do one. They do everything else, including pay for if.
Now, some trips, we do have to pay extra to go along. The 3rd gr zoo field trip, for example. But the 1st gr's upcoming trip to an ecolab has free admission for parents.

You know it is coming, budget in with school supplies.

Dd's school requires only a level 1 if you have lived in our state for at least 5 years and both a level 1 and a FBI check if you have lived here less than 5 years. They are required for 1 on 1, covering classrooms alone and field trips. We are required to volunteer at least 5 hours a month. I don't know if we have to repeat the checks yearly or not, though.

Background checks were never even something I thought of. I've chaperoned school functions. Rode the bus with the kids, had my own group of kids to keep track of. I am not the room mother, but I help out in the classrooms (2 kids) a lot.
Might not be such a bad idea. Though, I do personally know both kids' room mothers.

If it's like an employee check they would get notified if anything happened. I think that could be why isn't so expensive.
Quoting disneymom2two:A one time check doesn't make sense because there could be issues after the check was done and the parent could continue to volunteer for any number of years.
Quoting maxswolfsuit:
Quoting annelauer:In our state school volunteer background checks are run through the State Patrol free of charge to the school. They are not national checks though. Some schools may run some sort of national background check with fingerprints in the FBI database or something. I don't know. I can see them charging if they did though. How often would the parents have to get the check? Is it a one-time fee or would it be necessary for each time they volunteer?
The ones we do now are annual.
But in another reply a mom said the $67 check last forever. That would certainly make things easier.
- disneymom2two
Silver Member on Apr. 26, 2013 at 10:59 PMOur district's doesn't charge to do background checks; they're required each year. We only allow as many chaperones as are needed. Allowing all parents who want to come is ridiculous because it would mean we'd need more buses and entry fees and field trips are expensive enough as it is.