The Red Lion Area School District recognizes and values the talent, skills, and experience of community members that can help enrich student educational and extracurricular activities. The Board supports and encourages the participation of parents/guardians and community residents to enhance the educational, co-curricular, and extracurricular programs of the District. In an effort to ensure the safety of our students, the District has established a volunteer policy that requires certain documentation from all of its volunteers. Please see the volunteer policy for an explanation of the types of volunteers and the required forms/clearances each type must complete.
Click each link for forms and to apply for clearances.
The safety of our students is a District priority. State law requires that all school districts review each of these clearances before allowing any person to begin serving as a volunteer in any school building or with any extracurricular activity.
The District website contains the most updated information for volunteers. This can be accessed under the Parent tab and by selecting “Volunteer”. This page contains links to all the required documentation and links to clearances. The Federal Criminal History Report must be obtained through the PA Department of Education, not PA Department of Welfare or Human Services.
A volunteer is defined as an adult, whose role is more than that of a visitor, who voluntarily offers a service to the District without receiving compensation from the District. A volunteer is not a school employee. The District has defined two classifications of volunteers and examples can be found on the volunteer website.
Act 34 – PA State Police Criminal History can be completed online and received immediately if there are no reported incidents. Act 114 – Federal Criminal History Report can be completed by obtaining fingerprints at an authorized location. Results can be expected in 14 days. Act 151 – Child Abuse Background Check can be completed online and received within 14 days. Mandated Reporter Certificate can be acquired by completing a three hour free online training. Once the training is completed you can print out a certificate immediately.
You may contact the school building at which you wish to volunteer or the Human Resources Office at 717-244-4518 ext. 7521.
Volunteer packets should be submitted to one of the school offices in the District or the Education Center.
Persons interested in volunteering do not need to submit multiple volunteer packets. Rather, volunteer packets should be submitted to one of the school offices in the District or the Education Center. On the volunteer information sheet select all the buildings you wish to volunteer at.
You do not need to submit a new volunteer packet. If you know your child will be changing buildings while your clearances are still active (ex: due to changing grade levels) please add that building to your volunteer information sheet when it’s originally submitted.
No, you are required to update your clearances every 60 months.
Yes, with a review of your clearances by the Human Resources Office.
Volunteers will be notified of their status in writing once all documentation has been supplied and reviewed by the District and, if necessary, approved by the School Board.
You may contact the school building in which you are volunteering or the Human Resources Office at 717-244-4518 ext. 7521.
You may contact the school building in which you are volunteering or the Human Resources Office at 717-244-4518 ext. 7521.
Volunteers whose clearances have expired must complete a new volunteer packet and submit to the Ed Center for review by the Human Resources Department before continuing to volunteer.
The School Gate Guardian system tracks visitors that enter the building and compares the identity of the visitor with the registered sex offender database. The clearances search the volunteers for any criminal or child abuse history. The safety of our students, staff, and visitors is a District priority, which is why both are required.
If you do not have a computer or internet access available please contact the Human Resources Department at 717-244-4518
ext. 7521 to schedule an appointment to use a School District’s computer.
You will need to register online at identigo.com or uenroll.identogo.com. You need to provide your personal information as well as the service code of 1KG6Y3 and complete the pre-enrollment process. Once that is completed, you will be required to sign up for a date, time, and location to have your fingerprints taken. You cannot pay online but will need to bring your payment either by certified check, money order, or a Visa, Master Card, American Express, or Discover Card to the fingerprint site. Money orders and certified checks must be made payable to IDEMIA. Identigo will provide directions on what to bring to the fingerprint site as well as what forms of ID are acceptable. Once on site, you will be taken in order of the schedule. Walk-ins will be accepted but only if you apply online first, and then it’s a first come, first serve basis.