Employees must submit their new or renewed original clearance certificates to the Director's Office, the clearance certificates will be viewed and a copy will be made for the school's records. Please do not submit your clearance certificates by way of email or fax. Lastly, these agencies will not provide your clearances to BCAVTS.
Act 153 Certification of Clearances for Volunteer and School Employees, states all school employees covered under the school code, or anyone working at a school district who has contact with children, shall provide new FBI (Act 114), State Police (Act 34), and Child Abuse Registry (151) clearances every 60 months (5 years).
Act 126 of 2012 (Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting Training) amended the Public School Code of 1949 to mandate that all school entities and independent contractors of school entities provide their employees who have direct contact with children with a minimum of three hours of training every five years on child abuse and sexual misconduct recognition and reporting.