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Board rejects mandatory language; voluntary board‑member background‑check policy fails
Summary
The board considered a revision to policy 1‑102 that would permit board members to submit to fingerprinting and background checks on a voluntary basis but members raised enforceability and intent concerns; the motion to adopt the revision failed.
Administrators presented a proposed revision to policy 1‑102 adding language that "each board member may submit to fingerprinting and a background check on a voluntary basis" and directing district administration to follow its volunteer fingerprinting protocols for any board member who opts in.
Board members questioned why the item was added (one member said it was drafted by the district's legal team), whether it was enforceable, and whether it should reference state statutes; one member said legal had advised the district it could not make the requirement mandatory. "The legal opinion was it had to be on a voluntary basis," an administrator said. Other members said if the concern is to prevent people with disqualifying convictions from serving, that is a matter for the legislature and county election officials, not a local policy the board could unilaterally enforce.
After discussion and questions about protocol and enforcement, the board voted and the motion failed.
