Background checks now will be required of anyone wanting to rent a city school building for a private or group event.

The school board Tuesday voted to require building use appplicants to provide state police, FBI and child abuse clearances -- the same clearances required for prospective employees.

The district will deny the use of buildings to anyone whose criminal record would prohibit employment with the district. That list of offenses includes most major crimes and sex offenses.

For now, only the person applying to use the building must submit the clearances. In the future, the district may request the clearances for other adults participating in an after-hours activity at a school building.

The board also named Chris Berdnik chief financial officer and chief operations officer.

Mr. Berdnik, already the district's CFO, also had been serving as acting operations director for about a month. The board's vote Tuesday made the second position permanent.