Glenbard Township High School District 87
Policy 5:30-R2
General Personnel
Administrative Procedure - Investigations
Immigration Investigation
All newly hired employees must complete section one of the Immigration and Naturalization Service Form I-9 no later than 3 business days following their first working day. If an individual is unable to provide the required documents to complete the Form I-9 within the 3-day period, the individual must present a receipt for the application of the documents within 3 days of the hire and present the required documents within 90 days of the hire. The Superintendent or designee completes section two of the Form I-9 and confirms the employee's information.
Criminal Background Investigation
Fingerprint-Based Criminal History Records Check
Each applicant for any position (except bus driver) must provide a written authorization for a fingerprint-based criminal history records check at the time he or she submits the application. Upon receipt of this authorization, the Superintendent or Designee shall submit it with the applicant's name, sex, race, and date of birth, and social security number to the Department of State Police on forms prescribed by the Department. The State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation will furnish records of convictions, until expunged, to the President of the School Board. The Board President will keep a conviction record confidential and share it only with the Superintendent, Regional Superintendent, State Superintendent of Schools, State Teacher Certification Board, or any other person necessary to the hiring decision. A
copy of the conviction record obtained from the Department of State Police will be provided to the applicant.
Each student teacher must provide payment of the costs of and a written authorization for his or her higher educational institution to perform a fingerprint-based criminal history records check and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database prior to participating in any field experiences in the District.
The above requirements for the conduction of a fingerprint-based criminal history records check apply to every employee or agent of any contractor if the employee or agent has direct, daily contact with students. The contractor must provide the District with the name and address of each employee who will perform work on school property and obtain a fingerprint-based criminal history records check for all such employees. No person may work on school grounds who has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit any one or more of the offenses cited in 1 and 2 below.
Check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database
The Superintendent or Designee shall perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Child Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database for each applicant. The Superintendent or Designee shall notify the applicant if he/she is identified in the Database as a sex offender.
The School District complies with 105 ILCS 5/10-21.9 and 5/21-23a. It will not knowingly employ a person, or allow a person to work or student teach on grounds, who:
1. Has been convicted of committing or attempting to commit any one or more of the following offenses:
a. Attempted first-degree murder or first-degree murder or any Class X felony.
b. Sex offenses as defined in Sections 11-6, and 11-9 through 11-9.5, inclusive, Sections 11-14 through 11-21,
inclusive, Sections 11-23 (if punished as a Class 3 felony), 11-24, 11-25, and 11-26, and Sections 12-4.9, 12-13,
12-14,12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16, 12-32, and 12-33 of the Criminal Code of 1961.
c. Those defined in the Cannabis Control Act, 720 ILCS 550/, except 720 ILCS 550/4(a), 550/4(b), and 550/5(a).
d. Those defined in the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, 720 ILCS 570/100 et seq.
e. Those defined in the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, 720 ILCS 646/.
f. Any offense committed or attempted in any other state or against the laws of the United States, which if committed or
attempted in Illinois, would have been punishable as one or more of the foregoing offenses.
2. Has been found to be the perpetrator of sexual or physical abuse of any minor less than 18 years of age pursuant to
proceedings under Article II of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987.
Reporting New Hires
The Superintendent or Designee shall timely file an IRS Form W-4 or IDES New Hire Reporting Form for each newly hired employee with the Illinois Department of Employment Security.
ADOPTED: December 8, 1997
REVISED: December 12, 2005
REVIEWED: December 14, 2009
REVISED: February 8, 2010
REVIEWED: February 7, 2011
REVISED: March 21, 2011
REVIEWED: November 28, 2011
REVISED: January 23, 2012
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