Two Rock Board to Consider New Student-Safety Rules for Volunteers

What happened

The Oct. 15 agenda proposes adopting revised districtwide volunteer rules that set age-appropriate limits on student contact, including texts and social media. The draft also requires annual child-abuse prevention and mandated-reporter training for adult volunteers who interact with students outside immediate parent or staff supervision.

Why it matters to families

These rules would give families clearer safeguards around volunteers’ contact with students and formalize training for volunteers who may encounter signs of abuse while serving at school.

The evidence

The agenda lists revised Board Policy and Administrative Regulation 1240, Volunteer Assistance, for a second reading and adoption. The attached draft sets age-appropriate limits on contact during and outside school, including social media and texts, and calls for annual mandated-reporter and child-abuse-prevention training for adult volunteers interacting with students outside immediate parent or school-employee supervision. The agenda proposes the action; it does not establish that the Board adopted it.

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