CRIMINAL HISTORY CONSENT AND WAIVER VOLUNTEERS

Texas laws require the Columbia-Brazoria ISD as a school district to conduct criminal history checks on individuals who request to volunteer in our schools. Specifically, Section 22.0835 of the Texas Education Code requires volunteers to submit to a criminal history check. We will conduct the check based upon your name and other personal information that you provide on this form. The Columbia-Brazoria ISD reserves the right to reject any application or request to become a volunteer. No volunteer has any legal right to serve or demand to serve in the District.

NOTE TO PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS & GUARDIANS: If you are simply requesting to be with your child, grandchild, foster child, or ward during school time or during a school event or activity, it is not necessary to make a formal application or volunteer. However, if you are requesting to volunteer in a capacity where you will have supervisory control over students who are not your own or where you will have regular or frequent contact or association with students not your own, then you must sign this criminal history consent and waiver form.

All information provided by you as a volunteer shall be treated as confidential information. By digitally signing this form you are agreeing to release, discharge, and hold harmless CBISD and its employees and representatives as well as organizations, agencies, corporations, partnerships, governmental entities, law enforcement agencies, individuals, employees or any other person or persons associated with the CBISD from all actions, causes of action provided to the CBISD pursuant to the document.

The results of your name based criminal history check are not allowed by law to be shared with you even though you have signed and submitted this consent form. You may contact the Texas Department of Public Safety for information and procedures about obtaining your personal criminal history. The Texas Department of Public Safety requires you to complete the additional verification form which will remain on file with the District until directed to be destroyed by DPS. Finally, the law requires that your actual criminal history be destroyed following review. Therefore, Columbia-Brazoria ISD will periodically re-run your criminal background check based upon initial consent to do so.