Effective July 1, 2009, all Certified Referees who are 18-years-old or older during a seasonal year that will be working Kansas Youth Soccer sanctioned leagues, tournaments or friendly games must complete a Risk Management background check and pay a $10 annual fee to Kansas Youth Soccer.
All Certified Referees who are 18 and above will have a mandatory background check performed. Referees will NOT be permitted to work any Kansas Youth Soccer event until approved by Risk Management.
Certified Referees who are younger than U18 will have an age verification completed at no cost. Age verifications are completed to ensure referees age is accurate and also to enable us to list them in the system as U18.
Kansas Youth Soccer requires all coaches, team officials and certified referees working youth games to undergo a background check.
Risk Management is necessary and required because referees have direct interaction with children playing on the soccer field. Risk Management via KSYSA does a background check which includes looking at the National Sexual Predators Database; the National Criminal Database and a Local/State and County Database for any State and County where they've ever lived. Our check is the most comprehensive background check and therefore KSYSA Board members feel it is necessary to protect our youth players adequately. If you are a referee in two states, we do not currently have access to any other State's checks but we are working on ways to resolve and streamline this process.
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RISK MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR REFEREES
Bill Davey, State Referee Administrator (SRA)
The Kansas State Youth Association’s policies dictate “All Referees, 18 years of age and older, that officiate in Youth Sanctioned games are required to have a background check completed prior to being scheduled to work games”.
GotSoccer, their new vendor, will be sending out an email to all referees that are required to perform the check in the next few weeks. Contained in that email will be instructions on how to complete the check, a login, a password, and the link to the Kansas Risk Management System. From that link you will be able to complete the background check and print out a card that indicates you have performed the task in a successful manner.
Youth League and Youth Tournament Assignors have been covered with the new process, and should be your point of contact, if you experience any difficulty completing the requirement. Please keep in mind, that this is a Youth Association requirement only. At this time, the Adult Association does not require this process be completed to officiate in their sanctioned events.
The cost is $10 and you only have to complete the task one time each year. For example, if you are a coach, team manager, or an administrator in the Youth Organization, as well as a referee, one background check covers all the categories.
The Kansas Referee Development is not bonded or licensed to handle Risk Management information, so we are only able to point referees in the correct direction to have the check performed. If you have any questions regarding Risk Management call the Kansas Youth Office (913-782-6434) or visit their Web Page for assistance.