GACD: Employment Eligibility Verification

All employees of the district, at the time of employment, shall provide verification of identity and employment status to the superintendent. The superintendent shall maintain a file on all of the district's employees hired after November 6, 1986, proving that each employee has verified their identity, employment status, U.S. citizenship, or legal alien status.

Documents That Establish Identity (Policy GACD)

To establish employment eligibility only, a person must present a document such as a Social Security card, a U.S. birth certificate, or one of the other documents listed.

For individuals 18 years of age or older:

• Driver's license or ID card issued by a state or outlying possession of the United States, provided it contains a photograph or information such as name, date of birth, gender, height, eye color and address
• ID card issued by federal, state or local government agencies or entities, provided it contains a photograph or information such as name, date of birth, gender, height, eye color and address
• School ID card with a photograph
• Voter's registration card
• U.S. military card or draft record
• Military dependent's ID card
• U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Card
• Native American tribal document
• Driver's license issued by a Canadian government authority
• For persons under age 18 who are unable to present a document listed above:
• Form M-274 (Rev. 11/01/2007)
• School record or report card
• Clinic, doctor or hospital record
• Day-care or nursery school record

If a person is unable to present the required document(s) within three business days of the date employment begins, he or she must present (within 3 business days) a receipt that he/she has applied for a required document. The person then must present the actual document with the receipt period ends. The person must have indicated on or before the time employment began, that he or she is already eligible to be employed in the United States. Receipts showing that a person has applied for an initial grant of employment authorization, or for renewal of employment authorization, are not acceptable.