The Greenville County school district plans to start running the names of parents through the state sex offender registry to weed out potential predators who might volunteer in schools, district officials said Tuesday.
Parents who don't want their name checked can opt out by telling their child's principal they don't want to be considered for any volunteer work, said Burke Royster, deputy superintendent for operations.
The State Law Enforcement Division keeps records of people convicted of all types of crimes in South Carolina and charges $8 per check, Royster said. The district already runs SLED checks on volunteer coaches and is talking to legislators about gaining free access to SLED's database for use on all school volunteers, he said.
The district will use information already in its database about parents and guardians to check their names against the sex offender database, which is available free to the public online.
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