Volunteer Programs: Become A Volunteer
The 2024-2025 Volunteer Application will be available on July 1, 2024.
Volunteers are a vital part of building relationships between school, parents, community members, and business partners. We truly appreciate the hours our volunteers serve in our schools and the value they add to the educational experience for our students.
To continue to ensure the safety of our students, the District is making several changes to our volunteer requirements and application process for the 2024-2025 school year. Effective 8/1/2024, all volunteers will be required to complete a Level 2 background screening every 5 years. This background check will review records in the state of Florida as well as the national FBI database. The cost for this screening is $41.25 and volunteers will be responsible for this cost. The District will pay the yearly monitoring fee for each volunteer. Volunteers will need to complete an annual volunteer application to ensure accurate records.
Before volunteers can be approved for the 2024-2025 school year, volunteers will need to complete a Raptor volunteer application and this background screening.
Volunteers can access the 2024-2025 Volunteer Application on July 1st, 2024. This application link will be posted on this website.
The District partners with Fieldprint for fingerprinting appointments and processing. Fieldprint has locations throughout the county and many sites are open outside of regular work hours, including weekends. The code listed below is now active. We encourage volunteers to be printed as soon as possible to avoid any delays once the application opens. Volunteers can schedule a fingerprinting appointment using the following link: FIELDPRINT SCHEDULING.
1. Go to the following link: FIELDPRINT SCHEDULING.
2. Select “sign up” if you have never utilized Fieldprint before.
3. Select “I know my code” from the dropdown menu when prompted to do so.
4. Enter the following code, “FPPASCOVECHSVol”.
5. After selecting your appointment, you will be prompted to make the payment.
The following is a list of offenses that disqualify individuals from approval. Backgrounds Screening – Autodisqualifiers.pdf
Any other felony offenses, crimes against children, and/or violence will be reviewed in accordance with the District’s Professional Review Committee. This committee is responsible for reviewing background screenings for employees, vendors and volunteers.
Please note the average processing time for reviewing and approving background screenings is 30 days. We encourage volunteers to complete the volunteer application and background screening early so that they can be approved to volunteer for upcoming events and opportunities for the 2024-2025 school year.
We know this additional background screening places a financial responsibility on our volunteers, but the District believes this step is necessary to ensure we have up to date background information pertaining to all adults that interact with students and staff on our campuses. Our students’ safety is always our first priority.
Current employees are not required to complete an additional background screening. Should a current employee terminate employment with Pasco County Schools and seek to volunteer, a new background screening must be completed at that time.
Questions regarding the volunteer application and background screening process can be directed to volunteers@pasco.k12.fl.us.
