OAR 575-076-0025: Conditions of Participation

(1) The Commission shall establish conditions required for sites to participate in the ASPIRE program and monitor these conditions. (2) A student’s legal guardian, if the student is under 18 years of age, must sign a student permission form in order to meet one-on-one with ASPIRE volunteer mentors. (3) Volunteer mentors are to be recruited and screened, including a background check by the participating site, if the volunteer mentor will be working one-on-one with students under the age of 18. An ASPIRE site may also conduct a background check on a prospective volunteer mentor if required by the ASPIRE site independent of this rule (4) HECC ASPIRE staff and the each ASPIRE Coordinator will set targets for the site's ASPIRE program outputs and outcomes as described in the ASPIRE agreement. (5) HECC may make other conditions it deems necessary and those will be included in the ASPIRE Agreement.