Starting in January, thousands of Pinellas County school volunteers will face more stringent background checks than they’ve encountered in the past.
They could wind up paying for the service.
As part of its effort to ensure that volunteers have no criminal history, the school district will begin requiring anyone who has direct unsupervised contact with students to undergo what’s called a Level 2 screening. That review includes fingerprinting attached to a statewide database that provides daily updates on any new activities that might disqualify them from working in the schools…