Who's allowed to volunteer in schools? It depends.




State of Opportunity from Michigan Radio show

Summary: Who gets to volunteer at your kids’ school? Maybe it’s a question you haven’t thought about much. But when we learned that the guy who shot and killed two Berrien County courthouse officers was also a regular volunteer at his daughter’s elementary school despite his sizable criminal record, well, we thought it was time to take a closer look. There’s lots of research that shows when parents are involved at school, their children do better academically. So, who gets to decide which parents are