The Board of Trustees encourages parents/guardians and other members of the community to share their time, knowledge and abilities with students. Volunteer assistance in schools enriches the educational program, enhances supervision of students and contributes to school safety while strengthening the schools' relationships with the community. The Board also encourages community members to serve as mentors providing support and motivation to students.
(cf. 1000 - Concepts and Roles)
(cf. 1700 - Relations Between Private Industry and the Schools)
(cf. 4127/4227/4327 - Temporary Athletic Team Coaches)
(cf. 4222 - Teacher Aides/Paraprofessionals)
(cf. 5020 - Parent Rights and Responsibilities)
(cf. 6020 - Parent Involvement)
(cf. 6171 - Title I Programs)
The Superintendent or designee shall develop and implement a plan for recruiting, screening and placing volunteers, including strategies for reaching underrepresented groups of parents/guardians and community members. He/she may also recruit community members to serve as mentors and/or make appropriate referrals to community organizations.
(cf. 1020 - Youth Services)
(cf. 1400 - Relations Between Other Governmental Agencies and the Schools)
The Board prohibits harassment of any volunteer on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status. (Government Code 12940)
(cf. 0410 - Nondiscrimination in District Programs and Activities)
The Superintendent or designee shall establish procedures to protect the safety of students and adults. The Superintendent or designee shall establish procedures for determining whether volunteers possess the qualifications, if any, required by law and administrative regulation for the types of duties they will perform. These procedures shall include laws related to tuberculosis testing and may also include laws related to criminal record checks.
Volunteers shall be provided with information about school goals, programs and practices and shall receive an orientation and other training related to their specific responsibilities as appropriate. Employees who supervise volunteers shall ensure that volunteers are assigned meaningful responsibilities that capitalize on their skills and expertise and maximize their contribution to the educational program.
Volunteers shall act in accordance with district policies, regulations and school rules. At their discretion, employees who supervise volunteers may ask any volunteer who violates school rules to leave the campus. Employees also may confer with the principal or designee regarding any such volunteers. The Superintendent or designee shall be responsible for investigating and resolving complaints regarding volunteers.
(cf. 0410 - Nondiscrimination in District Programs and Activities)
(cf. 3515.2 - Disruptions)
Volunteer maintenance work shall be limited to those projects that do not replace the normal maintenance duties of classified staff. The Board nevertheless encourages volunteers to work on short-term projects to the extent that they enhance the classroom or school, do not significantly increase maintenance workloads and comply with employee commitments and contracts.
Volunteer aides shall not be used to assist certificated staff in performing teaching or administrative responsibilities in place of regularly authorized classified employees who have been laid off. (Education Code 35021)
The Board encourages principals to develop a means for recognizing the contributions of each school's volunteers.
The Superintendent or designee shall periodically report to the Board regarding the district's volunteer assistance program.
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
8482-8484.6 After School Education and Safety program
8484.7-8484.9 21st Century Community Learning Center program
35021 Volunteer aides
35021.1 Automated records check
35021.3 Registry of volunteers for before/after school programs
44010 Sex offense; definition
44227.5 Classroom participation by college methodology faculty
44814-44815 Supervision of students during lunch and other nutrition periods
45125 Fingerprinting requirements
45125.01 Interagency agreements for criminal record information
45340-45349 Instructional aides
45360-45367 Teacher aides
48981 Parental notifications
49024 Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate
49406 Examination for tuberculosis
GOVERNMENT CODE
3543.5 Prohibited interference with employees' rights
12940 Prohibited discrimination and harassment
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
1596.7995 Immunization requirements for volunteers in child care center or preschool
1596.871 Fingerprints of individuals in contact with child day care facility clients
LABOR CODE
1720.4 Public works; exclusion of volunteers from prevailing wage law
3364.5 Persons performing voluntary services for school districts
PENAL CODE
290 Registration of sex offenders
290.4 Information re sex offenders
290.95 Disclosure by person required to register as sex offender
626.81 Sex offender; permission to volunteer at school
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 22
101170 Criminal record clearance
101216 Health screening, volunteers in child care centers
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20
6319 Qualifications and duties of paraprofessionals, Title I programs
ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS
62 Ops. Cal. Atty. Gen. 325 (1979)
COURT DECISIONS
Whisman Elementary School District, 15 Public Employee Reporter for California, 22043
Management Resources:
NATIONAL PTA PUBLICATIONS
National Standards for Parent/Family Involvement Programs, 1997
Building Successful Partnerships: A Guide for Developing Parent and Family Involvement Programs, 2000
WEB SITES
California PTA: http://www.capta.org
National PTA: http://www.pta.org
CSBA: http://www.csba.org
California Department of Education, Parents/Family and Community: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/pf
California Department of Justice, Megan's Law mapping: http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov
Commission on Teacher Credentialing: http://www.ctc.ca.gov
Policy BURLINGAME SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: September 21, 2010 Burlingame, California
revised: May 10, 2016
revised: June 26, 2018