Committee clarifies contractor training requirement: three hours every five years is state-mandated

The policy committee discussed AR 08/18, which sets training requirements for employees of independent contractors who have direct contact with students.

Committee members asked for clarity on the content and source of the required training. The staff member identified in the meeting as Mr. Diasio confirmed the district’s interpretation: the minimum three-hour training every five years is the state-mandated reporter training. The Director of Human Resources added that the district uses an online program for internal employees and that the contractor requirement covers the mandated reporter content; additional orientation or trainings (for example, crisis de-escalation or Safety CARES) may be provided separately as appropriate for the contractor’s duties.

Committee members agreed to clarify the AR language to name the mandated-reporter training explicitly and to reserve other orientation or optional trainings (for example, 16-hour Safety CARES) for separate paragraphs. The committee moved AR 08/18 forward with that understanding; no formal vote was recorded in the transcript beyond committee concurrence.