3300 Contractor Criminal Compliance Assurance

It is the intent of the Union Public School District to provide an environment that is safe from certain convicted persons for both its employees and the students it serves.

Any person or business having a contract with the district for services to be performed on school premises shall not allow any employee to work on school premises if the employee is convicted in Oklahoma, the United States or another state of:

A.      Any sex offense subject to the Oklahoma Sex Offenders Registration Act or similar laws of Oklahoma or of another state or the federal sex offender registration provisions; or

B.      Any felony offense, with certain exceptions as defined by district counsel, unless ten (10) years have elapsed since the date of the criminal conviction or the employee has received a Presidential or Gubernatorial pardon of the criminal offense.

C.      Any violent offense subject to the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act.

The provisions of the law do not apply to volunteers, to persons performing community service hours under a court order or to persons under a supervised work-release program; however, such persons shall not be allowed to work on school premises at any time after having been convicted of a sex offense subject to the act or similar law of any other state or the federal sex offender registration provisions.

Any person or business having a contract or purchase order with the district where the service is to be performed on school premises during normal school hours shall be required to sign a statement declaring that no employee working on school premises under the authority of such person or business is in violation of the provisions of Senate Bill 1394 and other laws. Acceptance of the district’s purchase order and fulfillment of the order for goods and services as stated or the purchase order shall constitute compliance with the terms and conditions of the purchase order which include this felony and sex offender requirement.

The district will attempt to:

A.      Notify all present and future contractors of the provisions of the law and its intent to be in compliance.

B.      Add language to all requests for bids and/or proposals of the district’s intent to be in compliance.

C.      Include language in contracts and purchase orders that contractors and subcontractors be in compliance.

 

Adopted 8/10/98

Revised 1/8/01

Revised 12/10/07

Revised 12/9/13

Revised 12/11/17