TLDSB policies are reviewed and updated on a regular schedule and approved by the Board of Trustees.

The following policy will be reviewed in the 2025-2026 school year, and the Board is seeking public consultation on its renewal.

Input is due by Friday, May 1 for consideration.

HR-4019 Criminal Records/Vulnerable Sector Check and Offence Declarations Policy

Trillium Lakelands District School Board is responsible for providing a safe and secure working and learning environment for students and employees. The Board is in a position of trust with regard to students and strives to protect their intellectual, physical, mental, and emotional well-being.

Trillium Lakelands District School Board will not hire into its employ, or continue to employ persons with direct and/or regular contact with students, who have police records and/or patterns of behaviour which place students or staff at risk.

Trillium Lakelands District School Board will not allow school access to service providers or others who have direct and/or regular contact with students:

• Who have not provided a vulnerable sector check, or,
• Who have provided a vulnerable sector check which has been adjudicated and found to present an unacceptable risk to students and/or staff, or,
• Who have not provided an acceptable offence declaration Affidavit.