(a) The superintendent of any school district that develops a registered volunteers program under this chapter shall require all potential registered volunteers to meet the following qualifications before the volunteers have any significant unsupervised contact with students:
(1) To authorize release of the results of a statewide and nationwide criminal records check by the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police that conforms to the applicable federal standards, which includes the taking of the potential volunteer's fingerprints, and which is dated not more than ninety (90) days prior to the date of its presentation; and
(2) To complete a minimum of six (6) hours of training conducted under the direction of the school district for nonathletic extracurricular or nonathletic interscholastic activities and a minimum of twelve (12) hours of training conducted under the direction of the school district for athletic extracurricular activities or under the direction of the Arkansas Activities Association for athletic interscholastic activities.
(b) Volunteers and registered volunteers shall be at least twenty-two (22) years of age.
(c)
(1) A volunteer or registered volunteer may not be a member of the board of directors of the school district or the spouse of a member of the board of directors of the school district in which he or she seeks to volunteer unless approved by the board of directors of the school district.
(2) The approval granted under subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be valid for a period of one (1) calendar year.
(d) A volunteer or a registered volunteer shall not receive payment for services rendered under this subchapter.
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