On April 29, the Enfield Board of Education demonstrated their approval for the alterations to the fingerprinting policy for volunteers by an 8-1 vote.
The official change of the policy, allowing supervised volunteers to forgo fingerprinting, took place on April 16.
Christopher Drezek, the deputy superintendent of schools, stated that the new policy focuses on how to become a volunteer, what they do, and why the school system needs them. They fall into two groups: those who work within sight of employees of the school system, and those who do not, such as a chaperone for a group of students on trips. Supervised employees will not have to submit to fingerprinting.
The school system has been fingerprinting volunteers since Connecticut called for schools to improve security. The original policy came under review six months ago when the board discovered that not all schools were following the stricter regulations.
Some board members, such as Peter Jonaitis, have stated a belief that fingerprinting should not be necessary for volunteers, but statewide requirements are still followed under the new policy. The Board of Education will peruse the new regulations once more before reinforcing it district wide.
Since the policy has changed, the school system may want to have new Brochures printed for their volunteers to give details about who needs to be fingerprinted and why. Brochure printers with experience working with educational material could land this project.Get a Free Quote for Brochures
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