To: Board of Supervisors
From: Alison McKee, County Librarian
Report Title: Library Agreement with the Contra Costa County Office of Education
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Approve and authorize the County Librarian, or designee, to execute an agreement including mutual indemnification with the Contra Costa County Office of Education (CCCOE) for the purpose of connecting students and staff in public schools in Contra Costa County with Library resources and services.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
The Library is committed to providing services to all county residents, including students and staff in public schools. The primary way this is accomplished is for Library staff to visit public schools to issue library cards, provide orientations and trainings on library services, promote awareness of the Library and its resources, and bring guest speakers and authors onto the school site.
Contra Costa County has 19 different public school districts.Many school districts have recently begun requiring all visitors, including library staff, to be fingerprinted, sign indemnification clauses, and provide proof of vaccination and insurance prior to coming onto a school site. Individual library staff do not have the authority to do this, which has resulted in library staff being severely curtailed in their ability to provide library services inside public schools.
This agreement with CCCOE establishes the Library as a subcontractor of CCCOE and as such enables Library staff to enter all the public school sites in Contra Costa without having to provide any of the above requirements.
CCCOE will fingerprint all Library staff who will be assigned to provide services in the public schools prior to Library staff entering the schools.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Library staff will be severely curtailed in their ability to provide library services in public schools in Contra Costa County.
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