Join Our Band Family
We need you! Our Boosters are instrumental in making our programs run. Not only do we support our director and students, but we also form fantastic relationships and have so much fun! We'd love to have you. To become a volunteer at a band sponsored event you must be cleared as a chaperone by the Benicia Unified School District.
Detailed qualifications and copies of the required forms can be found on the BUSD website under the heading "Get Involved".
General Volunteer requirements for band program events: Note: BUSD no longer requires COVID vaccination to become a volunteer.
1. A completed volunteer registration form. (This is required every year)
2. A copy of your driver's license or state issued ID (This is required every year)
3. A copy of a negative TB test (within the last 4 years). If you have not had a test done you can get one from your health care provider or walk-in urgent care. It takes 48 hrs to get results.(This is required every year)
4. Cleared Live Scan background check (if you have not had it done in the past). If you have never been finger printed by a Live Scan provider for Benicia Unified School District, you will need to take your Live Scan Request form to the UPS Store (or similar provider) to have the finger printing service performed. The cost is approximately $75. Live scan is an automated service for criminal history background checks that uses electronic means to capture fingerprints in a digitized format and then transmit them to a state repository. As of 2023, BUSD updated it's requirements and now requires BOTH DOJ and FBI clearances for volunteers. If you have both level clearances, this does not need to be repeated.
5. (If you will drive students) Copy of your auto insurance declaration page (This is required every year if you are willing)
6. (If you will drive students) Completed personal vehicle form (This is required every year if you are willing)
7 . (If you will drive students in a district van) Completed BUSD Van Driver Application. (This needs to be completed every year if you are willing)