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Statewide clearinghouse will require volunteer background checks; Duval panel weighs equity and hardship options
Summary
The committee added a chaperone clearance requirement that will move volunteers to a statewide clearinghouse level-2 fingerprinting process beginning July 2025, with an estimated fee of about $97.25; board members urged staff to identify disqualifiers, hardship processes, and whether Title I parental-engagement funds or other grants can offset costs for families.
Committee members reviewed proposed edits to chaperone and volunteer policy that will require all chaperones to be cleared as DCPS volunteers and — beginning next summer — to obtain a level-2 clearance through the statewide clearinghouse.
District staff said the state-mandated clearinghouse move will likely include a fee currently projected at approximately $97.25 and that prints may be held in the clearinghouse for multiple years (staff…
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