Thank you for your interest in volunteering with The School District of Jenkintown.
Volunteers help us to provide a quality program for our students. We appreciate and depend on the wonderful parents who volunteer at our schools.
Please download the volunteer packet below:
Volunteer-Packet-2024-2025-School-Year
To ensure the safety and health of our children, The School District of Jenkintown and the State of Pennsylvania require all volunteers to complete the following background clearances.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
Required by Act 34 of 1985 and Act 114 of 2006, as amended, for all prospective employees of public schools, private schools and their contractors’ employees who will work in direct contact with children. Also required for “student teacher candidates”. This is one of three required background checks or clearances.
To be provided by the applicant and reviewed by the school (or higher education administrator) prior to the applicant working in a position in which he will have direct contact with children.
Criminal history reports shall be no more than one (1) year old at the time of employment.See Act 114 of 2006 for further detailed information on PA background check requirements.
Following are procedures for obtaining the PA State Police background clearance.
Fee: $10.00 payable to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Free for volunteers)
FBI Fingerprint Clearance – Click the following link to register for your fingerprints through IdentoGO (using service code 1KG6XN). You will need to take ID and your registration to a fingerprinting site to have the clearance completed. We will be able to pull the results in a few
days: https://www.identogo.com/
Child Abuse History Clearance – Click the following link to apply for your clearance. You should receive this clearance within 14 days: https://www.compass.state.pa.
