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Board directs background checks for spring volunteers, asks administration for phased certification plan
Summary
After an athletics presentation, the board instructed administration to obtain fingerprint-based background checks for current spring volunteers and requested a multi-year model and cost analysis to phase in full coach certification for all volunteers.
The IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Education instructed district administrators to require fingerprint-based background checks for current spring athletic volunteers and asked the administration to produce a phased, costed plan to move volunteers toward full coaching certification.
The action followed a presentation by Athletic Director Carrie Veter, who described volunteers’ current roles — assisting with drills, supervision, stat keeping and game-day operations — and emphasized that state rules and district practice limit volunteers from acting as independent coaches. "We ask that the volunteers are working towards these certifications but it's not something we have required in the past," Veter said, noting the district historically tracks qualifications on spreadsheets and paper files.
Why it matters: Board members raised concerns about supervision, legal liability and human error in the current tracking system. Veter told the board the…
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