California Safety and Compliance Program

Simplify compliance with California’s school volunteer requirements

Simplifying California K‑12 Volunteer Management

What is Required of School Volunteers in California?

California has enacted several statutory requirements governing volunteers in K–12 schools. School districts are responsible for ensuring their volunteer programs remain fully compliant with these requirements, which include: 

  1. Senate Bill 848 – Includes requirements related to training for school staff, who is considered a mandated reporter, and extending mandated reporter and child abuse prevention training to private schools and volunteers starting July 1, 2026. 
  2. Assembly Bill 506 – Requires adult volunteers (18+) who work with youth for either a) more than 16 hours per month, or b) 32 hours or more per year to complete a Live Scan criminal background check, including fingerprinting. 
  3. California Education Code § 49406 – Requires schools to maintain documentation showing that volunteers have completed a tuberculosis risk assessment. 

Discover how Raptor enables districts to achieve compliance with these overlapping requirements. 

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California Safety and Compliance Program

We are excited to announce the California Safety and Compliance Program, offering Raptor VolunteerSafe, VisitorSafe, EventSafe, and the required mandated reporter and abuse prevention training course, powered by PublicSchoolWORKS, at one flat price per campus. This program offers California districts and private schools savings of 25% below standalone pricing when purchased together. The offer includes:

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ESSER Funding

Available Funding

Several federal grants provide funding to support school safety and security. The following programs align with Raptor’s solutions:

FY26 COPS SVPP

Application deadlines: The Grants.gov application deadline is August 4, 2026, and the JustGrants application deadline is August 11, 2026.

The FY26 Community Oriented Policing Services School Violence Prevention Program (COPS SVPP) will provide an estimated total of $73M for K-12 school security improvements. Allowable expenses include:

FY26 School Safety Enhancement Program

Application deadline: July 28, 2026

The FY26 School Safety Enhancement Program will provide a total of $93M to State Educational Agencies (SEAs) for school safety systems and physical security. Allowable expenses include:

Allowable expenses include: 

FY26 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP)

Application deadlines: State Administrative Agencies (SAAs) will have their own deadlines for sub-applications. Once that deadline passes, SAAs must submit final applications to DHS/FEMA by July 24, 2026. 

The FY26 Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) makes an estimated $300M available to nonprofits (as subrecipients) for physical security enhancements.

Allowable expenses include: 

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Simplifying California K‑12 Volunteer Management

Join Alix Miller, VP of Customer Success, for a product-focused walkthrough of VolunteerSafe and Staff Compliance Training, powered by PSW, and learn how to simplify overlapping requirements, reduce administrative burden, and provide clear visibility into volunteer readiness and compliance. 

Visalia Maximizes their Volunteer Management Efficiency with Raptor

See how Visalia Unified School District transitioned from paper-based to digital volunteer screening, centralizing application documents, providing easy online access to volunteer clearance levels, and integrating orientation videos into the application process. 

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See how VolunteerSafe and Staff Compliance Training help California districts streamline volunteer management and strengthen compliance.