If the district partners or contracts with an entity to provide services to students, the district may include in the contract a requirement of a criminal background check. In general, partners are responsible for the cost of the criminal background check for members of their organization. However, when an applicant has had a background check conducted by another Missouri public school within the past year and the district receives a copy of the background check directly from the other district or obtains electronic access to the previous background check, the district will not require an additional background check as a condition of partnership unless the district pays the cost, in accordance with law. In cases where the district requires independent contractors to conduct criminal background checks, payment for the background checks will be determined by the contract.

 

The district reserves the right to require any partner to submit to additional criminal background checks at any time.

The district may decline to utilize the services of volunteers or contractors who refuse to participate.

 

 

As a condition of partners and contractors within the district, all staff members must notify the district if they are charged, convicted, plead guilty to or are otherwise found guilty of any misdemeanor or felony, regardless of the imposition of sentence. This notification must be made as soon as possible, but no later than five business days after the event, and is in addition to any reporting requirement established by law.

 

 

Information received by the district pursuant to a criminal background check is confidential. Except as allowed by law, the district will use this information only for the district's internal purposes in determining the suitability of a partner or contractor on district property. The district will keep this information in a location that is accessible only to persons who need to know the information to carry out their responsibilities with the district. Any person submitting to a criminal background check may receive a copy of the background check information received by the district during the time period the district has access to the information.

 

 

A person whose background check reveals behavior that would make the person unsuitable to partner or contract in the district will not be allowed to partner.