UPDATED POLICY

August 26, 2009

Keystone Families:

The policy is stated below:

Classroom and Driver volunteers are required to retain a valid Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at all times. Prior to contributing time to the class, volunteers must attend a Keystone Volunteer Training session and submit the Volunteer Guidelines acknowledgement.

Volunteer Drivers are needed for field trips and “going out” activities. In order to transport children of any age, volunteers who wish to drive must provide the following documentation to the school:

➢    Copy of Current Arizona Drivers License

➢    Current Certificate of Insurance (not the Declarations page) from the volunteer driver’s insurance company indicating bodily injury and liability coverage in the amounts of  $250,000/person and $500,000/accident as well as coverage for uninsured and under insured motorists in the amounts of $250,000/person and $500,000/accident. It is strongly recommended that Keystone Montessori Charter School, Inc. be listed as an "interested party" on the Certificate of Insurance. This document is to be faxed to Keystone Montessori at 480-283-8402 by the insurer or the agent.

➢    Signed MVR (Motor Vehicle Records) Release – authorization permitting Keystone Montessori’s insurance broker to obtain driver record information.

Volunteer Driver documentation must be updated annually at the start of each school year and retained in Keystone Montessori’s front office. It is the volunteer’s responsibility to insure that all required documents on file are current before driving.

Siblings are not permitted to accompany volunteers inside the classroom or on field trips and “going out” activities.

This policy is not only for the protection of the school and the children, but also for the community’s families who so generously donate their time and use of their vehicle for these outings.

Keystone has not and will never require families to maintain the stated insurance liability amounts in order to attend the school or to volunteer time at the school, but only to drive and transport children. 

Prior to every transport each volunteer driver will be required to sign a Volunteer Driver Certification of Compliance with Keystone’s policy for volunteer drivers and that all information that has been submitted to Keystone is current and in force.  To clarify, the signature also certifies that there have been no changes since the submission of information to Keystone that might put the driver in a situation of noncompliance.

Questions regarding this policy or its enforcement should be directed to Keystone's Business Manager.