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Board adopts fingerprinting update requiring live-scan checks for staff and volunteers
Summary
The board approved policy 3655 to move toward digital live‑scan fingerprinting for staff, volunteers and chaperones; administrators said live-scan returns results in about 3–5 business days versus 7–10 for traditional prints.
The Clinton School Board approved an update to policy 3655 expanding fingerprinting and background‑check requirements to include certified and classified staff, volunteers and chaperones.
Administrators explained the district is transitioning from on‑site ink prints to a digital live‑scan system, which they said typically returns results in three to five business days compared with seven to ten days for traditional prints. “The digital are supposed to take 3 to 5 business days. The regular fingerprints are supposed to take 7 to 10,” the superintendent/principal (Superintendent, S5) said during the discussion.
Board members raised operational questions about on‑site capability and the status of the district fingerprint machine. Administrators said they will check with the school resource officer about appropriate use of the on‑site machine and recommended staff and volunteers instead use live scan where available. The change reflects recent guidance that volunteers who may be unsupervised with children while chaperoning should have background checks, and the board noted the practical challenges of late hires and appointment scheduling.
The motion to adopt the updated policy was made, seconded and approved without recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript. Administrators said they will provide implementation guidance to staff and will clarify whether transportation contractors must provide fingerprint‑based checks for bus drivers or whether name‑based checks already on file meet the new requirement.
Next steps: administrators will follow up with the SRO about on‑site fingerprinting, notify staff and volunteers about the updated requirement, and refine procedures for quick processing of late hires.
