Butte School District

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

3655

Student Safety

In order to ensure the safety and welfare of students, no individual, regardless of employment status with the District, shall have unsupervised contact with students while in school, at a school-sponsored activity, or in transit to a school-sponsored activity unless the individual has:

a.  completed a fingerprint-based national criminal history background check pursuant to the educator licensure policies of the board of public education; or
b.  the individual has provided to the Montana department of justice information and material sufficient to obtain a fingerprint-based national criminal history background check; and the trustees, the superintendent of the district, or another individual designated by the trustees has reviewed the results of the background check.


For the purposes of this Policy, the term “unsupervised contact” shall mean any interaction with students that does not involve direct supervision by an employee of the District.  Additionally, any employee or volunteer who is responsible for supervising another employee's or volunteer's contact with children is considered to have unsupervised contact with children by virtue of their oversight responsibilities. Therefore, they must also undergo a background check prior to employment or assignment.

The District may designate certain employees and volunteers who will never have unsupervised contact with students and are therefore exempt from the background check requirement.

 

Policy History:

Adopted on: 10/20/25
Reviewed on:
Revised on: 10/20/25

 

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