Southern Local School District
Administrative Guidelines
 

3121 - CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECK

Prior to making any offer of employment to a new applicant, whether it be for full-time or part-time employment or as a regular volunteer who will be involved in the care, control, and/or custody of students, the following procedure is to be used:

 A.The applicant must be informed either by direct communication or by information on the application form that a criminal history record check must be obtained at the expense of the applicant and submitted at the time of application to the District. The applicant should be told to indicate on the request that the criminal history record check is being required by R.C. 3319.311.
 B.The prospective employee may submit or ask the District to obtain from BCII the results of a criminal history record check conducted by BCII providing the application is within twelve (12) months of the date the check was done. Form 3121 F1 should be used to request the criminal history record check.
 C.The prospective employee is to submit a set of fingerprints that have been taken either by a State or a local (county) law enforcement agency. The prints are to be on a standard form card prescribed by the BCII. If the prospective employee does not provide the fingerprints on this form, s/he shall make arrangements to obtain the prints from a local law enforcement agency.
 D.The prospective employee shall also provide proof that s/he has been a resident of Ohio for the previous five (5) years. Such proof may consist of:
  1.tax returns to the State of Ohio for the previous five (5) years;
  2.Board of Elections verification of voting location;
  3.Bureau of Motor Vehicles verification of driver's license;
  4.other verification described in R.C. 5747.24 and R.C. 5747.25.
 E.Each request must be accompanied by a check, payable to the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation in the amount stipulated by the BCII. If the prospective employee has not been a resident of Ohio for the previous five (5) years and cannot provide evidence that the BCII has requested information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation as part of a criminal history records check, such a request is to be made to the BCII on Form 3121 F1. Costs related to obtaining the criminal history record check are to be borne by the applicant.
  The request shall also include an envelope addressed to the Superintendent.
 F.When the certified report is presented by the candidate, a photocopy is to be made for possible insertion in the person's confidential personal file, should s/he be employed, and the original returned to the applicant.
 G.The Superintendent shall determine whether or not to consider disqualification of a prospective employee based on the records check.
 H.All information received from the records check shall be kept confidential by the person receiving the report and is to be shared only with the Superintendent. If the prospective employee is subsequently employed, the record check shall be kept in his/her confidential file. If not employed, it shall be returned to the prospective employee.

Offenses

No person who may be responsible for the care, custody, and/or control of a student is to be employed or accepted as a volunteer if s/he has been convicted of any of the following offenses:

 A.aggravated murder, murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter
 B.felonious assault, aggravated assault, assault
 C.failing to provide for a functionally-impaired person
 D.aggravated menacing
 E.abuse or neglect of a patient
 F.kidnapping, abduction, child stealing, criminal child enticement
 G.rape, sexual battery, corruption of a minor, gross sexual imposition, importuning, voyeurism, public indecency, felonious sexual penetration, compelling prostitution, promoting prostitution, procuring prostitution, disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, pandering obscenity, pandering obscenity involving a minor, pandering sexually-oriented matter involving a minor, illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance
 H.aggravated robbery, robbery
 I.aggravated burglary, burglary
 J.unlawful abortion
 K.endangering children
 L.contributing to the delinquency of children
 M.domestic violence
 N.carrying concealed weapons, having weapons while under a disability, improperly discharging a firearm at or into a school or house
 O.corrupting another with drugs
 P.placing harmful objects in or adulterating food or confection

Revised 3/97