11.19 Employee Yearly Criminal Background Questionnaire

Student safety is of paramount concern to the Board of Education. Employees who have committed criminal offenses could be a threat to the safety of these students. The Board of Education commits itself to make the best possible effort to maintain a workplace safe for all students and employees.

On an annual basis, all employees of the Broken Arrow Public Schools who are employed on September 1 of each year are required to truthfully answer the following questions:
HAVE YOU WITHIN THE PAST 365 DAYS: YES NO

Entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere
to a state (FROM ANY STATE) or federal
felony charge: _____ _____

Been convicted of a state (FROM ANY STATE)
or federal felony offense: _____ _____

Been charged with a state (FROM ANY STATE)
or federal felony offense which was reduced to
a misdemeanor offense to which you entered
a plea of guilty or nolo contendere? _____ _____

Entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to,
or been convicted of, a state (FROM ANY STATE)
or federal misdemeanor charge involving illegal
chemical substances or illegal sexual activity? _____ _____



___________________________
Employee

All forms must annually be returned to the Office of Personnel Services by September 15 of each school year.

Refusal by the employee to sign and return this form or giving false information or misinformation on this form will constitute insubordination or willful neglect of duty and may be the basis for termination of employment.

It is the duty of every School District employee, within ten (10) days of any of the following occurrences, to notify, in writing, the Superintendent of Schools:

(a) if the employee enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a state (any state)
or federal felony charge:

(b) if the employee is convicted of a state (any state) or federal felony offense;

(c) if the employee enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a state (any
state) or federal felony charge that is reduced to a misdemeanor offense;

(d) if the employee enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or has been
convicted of a state (any state) or federal misdemeanor charge involving
illegal chemical substances or illegal sexual activity.

Failure to provide the referenced information, in writing, to the superintendent of schools within the ten (10) day limitation may result in termination for insubordination or willful neglect of duty.

Each year ten percent (10%) of the total staff (certified, support, and administrative) will be randomly selected for a complete background check to be conducted in the same manner as preemployment background checks for all employees.

Broken Arrow Board of Education Policy Adoption, May 4, 1998