The Iowa Commission on Volunteer Service will help lead a stakeholder group tasked with developing ways to streamline and improve the background check process for volunteers in organizations and ...

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - A fix appears to be in place for the background-check backlog that cost thousands of JCPS parents the chance to volunteer at their children's schools. That solution was ...

New laws meant to protect children have nearly doubled the time it takes to perform a background check, which could effect anyone volunteering with kids. It's supposed to take fourteen days for the ...

WEBVTT WANT TO KNOW HOW AND WHY THAT RULE WAS BROKEN. SASHA: IN ORDER TO VOLUNTEER AT ANY SCHOOL IN THE ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, PEOPLE MUST COMPLETE A BACKGROUND CHECK. THAT CHECK IS BASED ...

After unveiling a plan to have volunteers pay for checks, officials said they want to balance security with accessibility. Jeffrey S. Solochek is an education reporter covering K-12 education policy ...

To get involved with their child’s elementary school, all a parent needs is a PTA membership and a criminal background check. A criminal background check is not required by every school district for ...

RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — If you want to volunteer in your child's classroom on a regular basis, the state will make you get fingerprinted and undergo a background check. This is standard ...

HandsOn Jacksonville, which coordinates local volunteer efforts, has launched a pilot program to speed up, decrease the cost of and automatically update volunteer background checks. "This is a better ...

CHILLICOTHE – When the Ross County commissioners heard that 4-H volunteers in Ross County would be required to pay for continuous background checks to volunteer, they decided to do something about it.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Public Schools updated its process for volunteers this year, most notably for background checks. The school district said it has always required background checks, and the ...