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Benicia Unified tightens volunteer vetting, field-trip and driver policies
Summary
The district said it has implemented enhanced volunteer and field-trip safeguards — including DOJ and FBI fingerprinting, DMV checks for drivers and requirements for two adults on K–8 trips — and moved many records into an electronic system to improve oversight.
Benicia Unified School District leaders described a series of changes they say are designed to strengthen student safety and oversight of volunteers, field trips and mandated reporting.
Superintendent Damon Wright said the district conducted an independent review last spring and subsequently instituted new vetting and oversight procedures that “exceed legal…
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