Important Information & Links
Background Check Information - REQUIRED TO VOLUNTEER
To retrieve the BCI Federal Background check, you can obtain it at either location:
To retrieve the BCI Federal Background check, you can obtain it at either location:
- Alpine School District: 575 N. 100 E. Room #140, American Fork, UT 84003
- BCI: 3888 W. 5400 S. Taylorsville, UT. 84129
To Volunteer or Chaperone at Spectrum Academy you will need to have a Federal Background check. There are two locations to pick from, Alpine School District or BCI.
Note: State background checks no longer qualify.
Federal background check information for Alpine School District:
Federal background check information for BCI:
Important Information:
Note: State background checks no longer qualify.
Federal background check information for Alpine School District:
- Before going to Alpine, you will need to pick up from the Spectrum Academy office manager, a signed Request for Electronic Application background check.
- Go online and set up appointment @ https://alpineschools.org/hr/
- Click on Schedule Fingerprinting Appt.
- Click on Book an Appt.
- Click on Book now (volunteers).
- At Alpine there will be a $55.00 processing fee.
- A valid form of government issued picture ID must accompany the request. Utah Driving Privilege Cards will NOT be accepted as valid ID.
- Federal Background check could take up to (2) weeks.
Federal background check information for BCI:
- Before going to BCI, you will need to pick up from the Spectrum Academy office manager, a signed Request for Electronic Application background check and pay the processing fee of $35.75.
- At BCI there will be a fee of $15.00 for fingerprints, payable in cash, personal check, VISA or MasterCard, money order, or cashier's check.
- A valid form of government issued picture ID must accompany the request. Utah Driving Privilege Cards will NOT be accepted as valid ID.
- Federal Background check could take up to (2) weeks.
- BCI’s office hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday. BCI is closed weekends and state holidays.
Important Information:
- If completed as stated above, through Spectrum with BCI and or Alpine, the federal Background check is valid as long as your student(s) are with Spectrum Academy.
- If you have a federal background through another school you can request a rapback (fee of $10.00) to share the information.
- If you already have a federal (teacher, state employee, concealed carry, etc...) they are not applicable. All information has to be trackable/shared and at this time only schools have this capability.
- Please remember that you can apply the cost of your background fees towards your volunteer hours through compass.
Links to Remember
How to enter volunteer hours in Compass
To put in your hours:
*Go to my.spectrumcharter.org and create your parent account
* Click on Volunteer log.
* From there you can pick organization (Pen, PAC, Gala, etc) or Faculty (teacher, staff, etc.)
* Put in the date and hours worked or money donated (1) hour for every $10 dollars.
* Description of work done or donation.
Volunteer hours:
*40 for the first student, 10 for every student after that. So, a family of five would be 40+10+10+10+10=80 total hours.
* For every $10 dollars it's worth (1) volunteer hour.
* Pen night is (2) hours, but you get double hours so it is worth (4).
* Bounce house donations are worth double hours (donate $20 get 4 hours).
*Go to my.spectrumcharter.org and create your parent account
* Click on Volunteer log.
* From there you can pick organization (Pen, PAC, Gala, etc) or Faculty (teacher, staff, etc.)
* Put in the date and hours worked or money donated (1) hour for every $10 dollars.
* Description of work done or donation.
Volunteer hours:
*40 for the first student, 10 for every student after that. So, a family of five would be 40+10+10+10+10=80 total hours.
* For every $10 dollars it's worth (1) volunteer hour.
* Pen night is (2) hours, but you get double hours so it is worth (4).
* Bounce house donations are worth double hours (donate $20 get 4 hours).
Frequently Asked Questions
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