All volunteer candidates with the Martin County School District are subject to a criminal history check. Background screenings cost $20.00 for two years. If you pay online, it's $21.00 because of an added bank transaction fee.

In Florida, the entire arrest record is revealed to school districts, including sealed and/or expunged records and military court proceedings. Applicants must disclose this information even if told differently by a lawyer, judge, or other law enforcement individual. If you were given this information by a judge, then those written instructions would need to be provided to MCSD. Prior criminal records may or may not result in disqualification for volunteering; however, failure to disclose this information will disqualify you for volunteering. Information that must be disclosed includes any offense that occurred whether as a juvenile or adult; therefore, all adult and juvenile offenses must be listed.

A volunteer applicant’s criminal history includes any offense for which the applicant posted bail; entered a pre-trial diversion or pre-trial intervention program; had adjudication withheld, was convicted or found guilty; was placed on probation; pled guilty or no contest; was jailed or imprisoned; or appeared in court, as a juvenile or adult. Sealed records, expunged records and military court proceedings must be disclosed. Note: DUI and reckless driving are criminal offenses.

The criminal offenses listed below will render applicants ineligible to volunteer with the Martin County School District.

WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO VOLUNTEER – felony convictions* including, but not limited to, the following:

• Adult abuse, neglect or exploitation of a vulnerable adult
• Murder
• Manslaughter, aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person, disabled adult, or child
• Vehicular homicide
• Killing an unborn child by injury to the mother
• Assault of a minor
• Aggravated assault
• Battery of a minor
• Aggravated battery
• Battery on a detention or commitment facility staff
• Kidnapping
• False imprisonment
• Taking, enticing, or removing a child beyond the state limits with criminal intent pending custody proceedings
• Carrying a child beyond state lines with criminal intent to avoid producing a child at a custody hearing or delivering the child to the designated person
• Exhibiting a firearm or weapon within 1,000 feet of a School
• Possessing an electric weapon or devise, destructive device, or other weapon on school property
• Sexual battery
• Prohibited acts of persons in familial or custodial authority
• Prostitution
• Lewd and lascivious behavior
• Lewd and indecent exposure
• Arson
• Theft, robbery, and related crimes, if the offense is a felony
• Fraudulent sale of controlled substances, only if the offense was a felony
• Abuse, aggravated abuse, or neglect of an elderly person or disabled adult
• Lewd or lascivious offenses committed upon or in the presence of an elderly person or disabled adult
• Exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult, if the offense was a felony
• Incest
• Child abuse, aggravated child abuse, or neglect of a child
• Contributing to the delinquency or dependency of a child
• Negligent treatment of children
• Sexual performance by a child
• Resisting arrest with violence
• Depriving a law enforcement, correctional, or correctional probation officer means of protection or communication
• Aiding in an escape
• Aiding in the escape of juvenile inmates in correctional institutions
• Obscene literature
• Encouraging or recruiting another to join a criminal gang
• Crimes related to drug abuse prevention and control (ch. 893, Florida Statutes), only if the offense was a felony or if any other person involved in the offense was a minor
• Inflicting cruel or inhuman treatment on an inmate resulting in great bodily harm
• Harboring, concealing, or aiding an escaped prisoner
• Introduction of contraband into a correctional facility
• Sexual misconduct in juvenile justice programs
• Contraband introduced into detention facilities
• All felony drug related convictions

* A volunteer applicant with a felony conviction is ineligible to volunteer pursuant to the District's internal procedures. A withold of adjudication for the successful completion of a pre-trial intervention or pre-trial diversion program is counted as a conviction pursuant to Florida Statute. 

MAY BE CONSIDERED IF CHARGE IS MORE THAN FIVE YEARS OLD             

• Misdemeanor drug or paraphernalia
• Resisting arrest without violence

MAY BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS               

• Cases pending
• Domestic violence
• Multiple arrests
• On probation (crimes not listed above)
• City ordinances/criminal traffic offenses not listed above
• Any misdemeanor crime not listed above

NOTE: If you are considered eligible for volunteering under the above guidelines, this eligibility does not guarantee volunteer placement and/or employment with Martin County School District.