REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Board Policy BP 3516 REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER INFORMATION The President/Superintendent is authorized to enact procedures as appropriate and permitted by law regarding District students, employees, and others who are required to register under the California Sex Offender Registration Act. Reference: 20 USC § 1092(f)(1)(I); 20 USC § 1232g(b)(7)(A); 34 CFR § 668.46; Penal Code §§ 290, 290.01, 290.95 Approved: 1 REDWOODS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Administrative Procedure AP 3516 REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER INFORMATION The District shall include in its Annual Security Report a statement advising the campus community where information pertaining to registered sex offenders may be obtained. Persons who are required to register under the California Sex Offender Registration Act must register with the police in the jurisdiction in which they reside and additionally when they are enrolled as District students or when they work as District employees, contractors, or volunteers for more than fourteen (14) days, or for an aggregate period exceeding thirty (30) days in a calendar year. Such persons must register with the law enforcement agency responsible for their specific jurisdiction (listed below) within five working days of commencing enrollment or employment with the District. Registrants are also required to notify the responsible law enforcement agency within five working days of ceasing to be enrolled or employed, or ceasing to volunteer or act as a contractor with the District. A sex offender who applies to be an employee or volunteer in the District must disclose his/her status as a registrant upon his/her application for the position if he/she would be: 1. Working directly and in an unaccompanied setting with minor children on more than an incidental and occasional basis or have supervision or disciplinary power over minor children or 2. Working directly and in an accompanied setting with minor children and his/her work would require touching minor children on more than an incidental basis. No sex offender who must register for committing a crime against a minor victim under the age of 16 may serve in the District as an employee, contractor, or volunteer in any capacity in which the sex offender would be working directly and in an unaccompanied setting with minor children on more than an incidental and occasional basis or involving having supervision or disciplinary power over minor children. Sex offenders who attend classes at the following campuses must register at the locations noted: Eureka Campus – Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, 826 4th Street, Eureka (707) 445-7251 Klamath-Trinity Instructional Site – Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office, 826 4th Street, Eureka (707) 445-7251 Eureka Downtown Campus – Eureka Police Department, 604 C Street, Eureka (707) 441-4060 2 Del Norte Campus – Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office, 650 5th St, Crescent City, CA 95531, (707) 464-4191 Mendocino Coast Campus – Fort Bragg Police Department, 250 Cypress St, Fort Bragg, CA 95437, (707) 961-2800 People who are required to register under the California Sex Offender Registration Act who attend classes at any other location must register at the local law enforcement agency office having jurisdiction over that location. The District will include in its contractor materials a requirement that contractors will expressly notify any of their employees who will work on campus for more than fourteen (14) days, or for an aggregate period exceeding thirty (30) days in a calendar year, of the additional obligation to register with the law enforcement agency responsible for their specific jurisdiction (listed above) within five working days of commencing employment with the contractor at the College. Should any contract with the District permit a contractor or the contractor’s employees or volunteers to be present in an unaccompanied setting with minor children, the contractor shall disclose to the District whether any of its employees or volunteers are required to register under the California Sex Offender Registration Act as part of its application materials. Information concerning registered sex offenders can be obtained from the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction (see list above). Public information regarding registered sex offenders in California may be obtained through the California Department of Justice’s Megan’s Law website at http://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/. Nothing herein affects the restrictions described in Education Code, sections 87405 and 88022 which prohibit District employment of persons who have been convicted of certain sex offenses. Reference: Education Code §§ 87405, 88022; 20 USC § 1092(f)(1)(I); 20 USC § 1232g(b)(7)(A); 34 CFR § 668.46; Penal Code §§ 290, 290.01, 290.95 Approved: 3