Volunteers

 A volunteer in this category will or is reasonably likely to have direct contact with a student while performing his/her volunteer service without direct supervision by a school district employee. 

Direct contact time may include, but is not limited to, coaching and/or assisting with an athletic team or musical performing group, advising an extracurricular activity, chaperoning an overnight field trip or competition, and/or providing supplemental assistance to a student without direct supervision by a school district employee.

Under amendments to the state Child Protective Services Law, all teachers, staff, administrators, contractors and volunteers who come into contact with students must obtain specific clearances. Prior to participating in any volunteer opportunity, each Tier I volunteer shall be required to complete and submit the following clearances: 

• Act 34: PA State Background Check (Free for volunteers)
• Act 151: Child Abuse Clearances Report (Free for volunteers)
• Act 114: FBI Criminal Clearance Report (There is a fee for this report); required for all volunteers participating in overnight field trips or competitions per district policy or for volunteers who have not been residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the entirety of the previous ten years)
• Act 126: Mandated Reporting (required for all volunteers participating in overnight field trips or competitions per district policy.)

A volunteer in this category will not likely have direct contact with a student while performing his/her volunteer services. For this reason, it is not required of the volunteer to have clearances. An individual volunteering in this capacity will still be required to provide a state driver's license/ID for main office staff to run through the district’s Raptor security system.

A volunteer in this category will not have any direct contact with students while performing his/her volunteer services. For this reason, it is not required of the volunteer to have clearances. An individual volunteering in this capacity will still be required to provide a state driver's license/ID for main office staff to run through the district’s Raptor security system.

This PDF document will provide parents/guardians with a list of the documents required to be presented to the Human Resources Office prior to the commencement of your assignment.

Required Documents Checklist (PDF)

Please complete the Demographic Information form and bring with you when you bring your clearance documents to the Human Resources Office for review.

Demographic Form (PDf)

The Volunteer Affidavit form can be used if you have been a resident of Pennsylvania for the entire previous 10 year period and have not committed designated crimes in Pennsylvania or elsewhere. The Volunteer Affidavit will not be accepted for overnight trips.

Volunteer Affidavit - Exemption from FBI Clearance (PDF)

ClearanceInformationTable1.pdf This document will provide you with the instructions for the FBI Criminal History Report, the Pennsylvania Criminal History Check and the Pennsylvania Child Abuse Check. This information is also available on the RTSD Clearances webpage.

RTSD Clearance Information and Instructions (PDf)