BACKGROUND CHECKS
The Basketball Alliance follows The State of Florida’s mandate to conduct background checks on all coaches and administrators that fall under the guidelines of
Florida Statute 943.0438(4).
To submit the information to complete your background check please click following link:
Important: Background checks may take up to 2 business days to complete because they depend on county and statewide court schedules. Please plan accordingly if a coaching pass is needed for this weekend’s tournament.
All coaching passes issued on or after August 1, 2020 will expire after July 31, 2021.
REFUND POLICY
The background checks have a NO REFUND policy. PARENTS, please do not submit a background check. The background checks are intended for coaches and administrators.
Please see the Background Checks section of The Alliance rules located in the Coaches Corner for further explanation.
PURPOSE
It is the intent of this policy to establish certain guidelines wherein The Basketball Alliance (hereinafter referred to as “The Alliance”) can seek to protect
program participants by investigating the background of administrators and coaches (hereinafter referred to as “candidates”) who will be involved in The Alliance approved events.
GENERAL
A. Criminal background screenings are conducted by an outside third party who specializes in such work.
B. Any person who has been found guilty, pled guilty; or pled no contest, regardless of adjudication, or has a pending charge pertaining to, any of the disqualifying
offenses listed in this policy will be immediately disqualified from employment, coaching and/or volunteer positions with The Alliance. The Alliance also reserves the right to disqualify
a person for any crime that would be considered a potential risk to children and/or vulnerable populations. A candidate who willfully fails to
comply with this background screening policy shall be automatically disqualified.
C. This policy will apply to coaches and administrators. If there is any doubt as to who should be screened, the general rule is anyone who would potentially have
unsupervised access to children in an Alliance approved program. The Alliance full time & part time employees will be screened annually and are subject to a random background check at any time
while employed with The Alliance. Each candidate will be screened every 12 months for as long as he or she continues participating in The Alliance Events
The criminal background screening is mandatory, there are no exceptions.
SCREENING PROCESS
All candidates must sign a Release for Criminal History which gives The Alliance the right to check criminal history records and verify social security numbers.
This release and screening is executed directly, through www.protectyouthsports.com via a secure URL.
The $36.35 cost associated with these background screenings will be paid for by the candidate.
No other personal information (e.g. work history, financial, credit, etc.) is checked or researched. The company executing background
checks has agreed to such terms contractually, and confirms such direction annually.
The third party contractor conducting the checks will cross-reference the screening results with the disqualifying crimes listed in this policy.
A pass/fail grade will then be relayed to The Alliance based on the cross-reference. A pass grade is given for any candidate that has zero disqualifying crime matches.
A fail grade is given for any candidate that has one or more disqualifying crime matches. All information pertaining to the background check will remain with the third party contractor,
subject to the applicable laws requiring disclosure. The Alliance will not be informed of the results of any background check; rather, The Alliance will only be issued a pass/fail grade for each candidate.
If the third party contractor reports any “fail” grades to The Alliance, The Alliance shall notify the candidate that he or she is disqualified for their desired position.
Upon request, the candidate will receive a copy of the background check from the third party contractor.
CONFIDENTIALITY
The criminal background reports shall be kept in a secure location by the third party contractor for a period as required by applicable law. The Alliance does not
have access to sensitive information and cannot request such access.
APPEALS PROCESS
If a candidate’s background check includes a charge set forth on the list of disqualifiers below, The Alliance shall immediately disqualify a person from their position.
There shall be no appeal of a decision to disqualify a candidate. If the candidate’s relevant criminal history is accurate, all decisions are final.
If a candidate wishes to dispute the content of the profile report, the candidate shall contact the third party responsible for conducting the background check by calling
the telephone number listed on the report. The candidate is responsible for providing any or all documentation to support his or her claim.
SCREENING STANDARDS
The standards for a level 1 background check are outlined in Florida Statute 435.03.
Please note that section (2) references Florida Statute 435.04 (2) which gives a detailed list of offenses.