Parent volunteers and criminal records

[CdwJava]

Then I stand corrected. I need to remember that I live in California - we're much more anal about this sort of thing.

I am in CA, am a parent, have been an educator (and will be again, soon), and have worked with school districts in five different counties - none of which conducted backgrounds on parent volunteers. Parents who volunteer in the classroom might have to get run through livescan to check for disqualifying convictions, but even that is spotty. Like everyone else, there might be some schools or districts that do this, but it is far from standard practice.

 

[CdwJava]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? KY

I don't know if I'm posting this in the right place but here goes anyway - my son starts school in August, my boyfriend has said how it'll be fun to volunteer/go on fieldtrips, you know just be involved. One of our friends suggested that might be a problem because of his criminal record.
He has four things from when he was 18/19 - driving without license/marijuana/resisting (all one case), disorderly conduct, and minor alcohol possession, and another minor alcohol in another state. All misdemeanors or violations. He's almost 25 now and since our son was born he's just been working and being a dad.
So my question is do schools check out criminal records when parents want to be involved? Or, also, is there any law that requires my boyfriend to tell the school about his past?

While KY might be different, these do not appear as if they might be disqualifying convictions even to TEACH, much less to volunteer. On the off chance the school requires even volunteers to be fingerprinted, I think he'd be fine. If he has all that in his past, he may still have some growing to do even if he is 25 (and the fact that he is a baby daddy and not a husband indicates there is something still shy on the responsibility front), but these should not be disqualifying convictions unless they are more serious than you make them out to be.