Regular volunteers required to complete the background screening program include, but are not limited to, those who help in the following activities:

• Volunteers with a regular schedule in the school (classroom, health room, playground, cafeteria, library, greeters)
• Activity/Club mentor, volunteer or chaperone
• TAG (Talented and Gifted) mentor, volunteer or chaperone
• Overnight trip chaperone
• At-Home (Student Contact) (ex. host of team dinner, building parade float)
• Volunteer coach (interscholastic or intramural)
• Volunteer attending field trip

Occasional volunteers will not be required to complete the online background screening program. The school staff will conduct a minimal background screening for those individuals as appropriate.  This category includes, but is not limited to, those who help in the following activities:

• Occasional volunteer (ex. classroom party, school/community event)
• School-sponsored events (ex. career fairs, book fairs, after-prom, science fairs, school dances, guest speakers, field day, registrations)
• Projects w/little or only incidental contact w/students (ex. fundraisers, boosters, concession stands, scorekeepers)
• School Accountability Committees/School Improvement Teams, the District Accountability Committee, District Parent Council, PTOs, PTAs, and PEN participants
• Crossing guard

We appreciate your cooperation and support of this new expanded background screening program.  We share with you the priority to ensure the welfare and safety of our students.  Please contact the school office or BVSD Human Resources with any questions you may have regarding this program.

For volunteers who will need BVSD network access:

1. Download and fill out the "Volunteer Agreement" form below.
2. Request that your school's principal visit the link "Information for Principals" at the left of this page and log in to review the "Letter to the Principal" and the "Instructions for the Principal."
3. Submit your completed "Volunteer Agreement" to your school's principal.
4. Once your school’s principal approves your volunteer status your principal will give your approval to a person in your main office or school who can then enter you into into the BVSD computer system with a BVSD user name and password.