Forney ISD Guidelines
Campus Visitors
Criminal Background Check
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In an effort to maintain safety for our students and staff, Forney ISD requires all individuals who will be a volunteer or serve as a field trip chaperone to submit to an authorization to conduct a criminal history check annually. In order to gain approval, individuals must complete the online form which can be accessed by clicking the link shown below.
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Forney ISD has practices in place to keep any information submitted through the form or obtained through the criminal history check secure/confidential. Participants will not be notified unless a criminal history is indicated when the background check is completed.
Those applying for approval may check with a campus office to determine if their participation has been cleared/approved.
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Individuals should allow a minimum of 5 business days for processing.
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Please complete the form carefully and completely as errors or omissions will cause delays in processing.
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Questions regarding criminal history checks for volunteers, guests and participants, should be directed to Tommy Riggs, Executive Director of Human Resources at 972-564-4055 or tommy.riggs@edu.forneyisd.net.
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Click Here to Access the Criminal History Authorization Form (Links to an external site).
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Visitor Removal
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The District expects that parents and other visitors will comply with appropriate standards of conduct when visiting school property.
Accordingly, a school administrator, resource officer, or school district peace officer may refuse to allow a person to enter or may eject a person from any property under the control of the school district if the person refuses to leave peaceably upon request and 1) the person poses a substantial risk of harm to themselves or others or 2) is behaving in a way that is inappropriate for a school setting.
Before school personnel will remove individuals from District property for persisting in behavior that is inappropriate for a school setting, the school employee will issue a verbal warning that the behavior is inappropriate and could lead to the person’s removal. At the time of removal, the school district will provide to the person being removed a written explanation of the appeal process.
The Commissioner of Education will adopt an appeals procedure for such removals, which will become effective immediately upon final adoption. Until such time as the Commissioner’s procedures are adopted, any person removed from District property may appeal such removal under Board policy FNG (Local) or (GF) (Local). The term of a person’s removal cannot exceed two years.
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