Thank you for your interest in volunteering with Brevard Public Schools. Please complete the volunteer application and submit all information request
“Please be advised that The School Board of Brevard County, Florida is required to comply with Chapter 119, Florida Statutes, titled PUBLIC RECORDS. That means that any information that you provide in this application may be subject to disclosure unless you fall under an exemption in Section 119.071(4)(d), Florida Statutes. If you fall under an exemption, you must provide the district with a written request to maintain your information as confidential and specify under which category of exemptions you fall.”
As part of standard school safety practices, all volunteers and visitors to Brevard Public Schools must provide a photo ID each time they visit any District facility. For assistance with your volunteer application, please visit the campus where you wish to volunteer SCHOOL VOLUNTEER GUIDELINES:
1. VOLUNTEERS MUST MAINTAIN STRICT CONFIDENTIALITY concerning information they see and hear concerning students and staff,
including students' grades, records, and abilities.
2. Volunteers DO NOT discipline students. Please report discipline problems to the teacher.
3. Volunteers agree to abide by School Board Policy: ADC, Tobacco-Free Schools & Facilities.
4. Volunteers agree to report Child Abuse or Suspected Abuse to site administrator and the Department of Children and Families at
1.800.96ABUSE (1.800.962.2873). Volunteers may not give any medication to students.
5. Volunteers do not diagnose student weaknesses and strengths, prescribe activities for students, or evaluate student progress.
6. Volunteers’ discussions with teachers should not interrupt class time.
7. Volunteers should set a good example for students by their manner, appearance, and behavior.
8. Comparing and criticizing teachers and students are not acceptable volunteer behaviors.
9. Volunteers may not hold informal parent/teacher conferences Volunteers may not conduct personal business at school.
10. Volunteers should never touch students in any way that is aggressive, disciplinary or sexual in nature.
11. Volunteers must guard against private communications with students; (i.e. such as social media, texting, email...).
12. All volunteers must Sign In and Out through our volunteer management system during and after schools hours.
13. All volunteers or visitors MUST WEAR AN IDENTIFYING NAMETAG approved by the office of district and Schools security. |
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All volunteers with BPS are subject to a criminal history check and the entire record is revealed including sealed and/or expunged records and military court proceedings. In order to qualify as a volunteer, an applicant must disclose even if told differently by a lawyer, judge, or any other authority. The applicant must provide documentation to BPS of any sealed or expunged records to include the original charge. Failure to provide the documentation is an automatic denial. Failure to disclose all arrests is also an automatic denial. Disqualification from Eligibility A person is ineligible to volunteer in a Brevard Public School, if the person has been arrested or convicted of ANY felony offense as an adult or juvenile prohibited under any of the following statutes: Arrest is defined as anytime a person was taken into custody by law enforcement/military and includes being released with a court date, or bail was posted, or released on ones own recognizance even if the arrest was expunged. Convicted is defined as a judicial finding of guilt, a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contender or entering into a pre-trial intervention program, whether or not there is a formal adjudication of guilt or if the case has been dissolved or expunged. |
Statutes:
(1) Sexual misconduct with certain developmentally disabled clients - 393.135 F.S.
(2) Sexual misconduct with certain mental health patients - 394.4593 F.S.
(3) Abuse, neglect, or exploitation of aged persons or disabled adults - 415.111 F.S.
(4) Murder - 782.04 F.S.
(5) Manslaughter, aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled adult, aggravated - 782.07 F.S.
(6) Aggravated assault - 784.021 F.S.
(7) Aggravated battery - 784.045 F.S.
(8) Battery on a detention or commitment facility staff member or a juvenile probation officer - 784.075 F.S.
(9) Kidnapping - 787.01 F.S.
(10) False imprisonment - 787.02 F.S.
(12) Leading, taking, enticing, or removing a minor beyond the state limits, or concealing the location of a minor,
with criminal intent pending custody proceedings - 787.04(2) F.S.
(13) Leading, taking, enticing, or removing a minor beyond the state limits, or concealing the location of a minor, with criminal intent pending dependency proceedings
or proceedings concerning alleged abuse or neglect of a minor - 787.04(3) F.S.
(14) Exhibiting firearms or weapons at a school-sponsored event, on school property, or within 1,000 feet of a school 790.115(1) F.S.
(15) Possessing an electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon at a school sponsored event or
on school property. 790.115(2) (b) F.S.
(16) Sexual battery - 794.011 F.S.
(17) Sexual activity with or solicitation of a child by a person in familial or custodial authority - 794.041 f F.S.
(18) Sexual activity with certain minors - 794.05 F.S.
(19) Female genital mutilation - 794.08 F.S.
(20) Prostitution - 796 F.S.
(21) Lewdness and indecent exposure - Chapter 800 F.S.
(22) Voyeurism - 810.14 F.S.
(23) Video voyeurism - 810.145 F.S.
(24) Coordinating the commission of theft in excess of $3,000- 81 2.014(6) F.S.
(25) Theft from persons 65 years of age or older - 812.0145 F.S.
(26) Dealing in stolen property —81 2.019 F.S.
(27) Robbery-812.13 F.S.
(28) Robbery by sudden snatching812.131 F.S.
(29) Carjacking - 812.133 F.S.
(30) Home Invasion Robbery - 812.135 F.S.
(31) Fraudulent sale of controlled substances - 817.563 F.S.
(32) Abuse, aggravated abuse, or neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult - 825.102
(33) Exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult - 825.103 F.S.
(34) Lewd or lascivious offenses committed upon or in the presence of an elderly person or disabled person 825.1025 F.S.
(35) Incest - 826.04 F. S.
(36) Child abuse, aggravated child abuse, or neglect of a child - 827.03 F.S.
(37) Contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child - 827.04 F.S.
(38) Sexual performance by a child - 827.071 F.S.
(39) Resisting arrest with violence - 843.01
(40) Obscenity - 847 F.S.
(41) Causing, encouraging, soliciting, or recruiting another to join a criminal street gang —874.05 F.S.
(42) Drug abuse prevention and control, if the offense was a felony of the second degree or greater - 893 F.S.
(43) Sexual misconduct with certain forensic clients and reporting of such sexual misconduct - 916.1075 F.S.
(44) Introduction/removal/ possession of contraband at a correctional facility - 944.47 F.S.
(45) Sexual misconduct in juvenile justice programs - 985.701
| FAILURE TO DISCLOSE WILL RESULT IN AN AUTOMATIC 1 YEAR DENIAL. NO EXCEPTIONS. | | |
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Sincerely, Brevard Public Schools.
