HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12141993 - 1.91 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Anne Marie Gold, County Librarian
DATE: November 3, 1993
SUBJECT: Background checks on Library Homework Help Volunteers
SPECIFIC REOUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize the library to have background checks done on Homework Help Volunteers and prohibit the
use of a volunteer who has been convicted or currently has charges pending for the offenses listed
or described in Penal Code 11105.3.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The first year the checks will be done free of charge by the Sheriff's Dept. In subsequent years, the
annual cost is estimated to be $175.
BACKGROUND:
The library is in the process of starting Homework Help Centers,in several branches of the library.
This is a new volunteer program in which volunteers will be recruited and trained to work one-on-one
with children in the afternoons, helping them with homework assignments. The work will sometimes
take place in a separate meeting room and the Homework Help Center would be supervised by the
volunteer with only indirect supervision by library staff. In order to protect children using the Centers
from volunteers who have a history of criminal activity that may be incompatible with working with
children in the library, the library has asked the Sheriff's department for assistance in screening
volunteers for this program. The Sheriff's department has set up a process and procedures for the
Library to screen Homework Help Center volunteers by conducting a local records check of
fingerprints.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
_RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR—RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
_APPROVE _OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON December 14 , 1'993 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED_OTHER_
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
AYES: NOES: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED December 14 , 1993
Contact: 646-6423 PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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County Administrator By DEPUTY
County Auditor
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