It's back to school for students in several Central Florida districts on Monday.
In Brevard County, the district is rolling out a new security system to keep children safe.
Prior to the upcoming school year, no background checks were done on visitors. Sometimes, visitors even entered fake names into the system. That changes Monday, though, with the district's new $136,000 KeepNTrack software.
"It makes me feel more comfortable knowing that I don’t have strange people coming on campus when the children are here," said Amy Imka, a teacher at Suntree Elementary School.
Visitors, volunteers and vendors will have to scan state-issued ID, like a driver's license, in order to gain access to any of the district's 82 schools.
They'll also have their photograph taken.
An alert will be sent to school administrators if flags are raised and the person is determined to be a sexual predator.
"So now every time someone comes in and uses their state-issued ID, we are having a background check done on them immediately," said Michelle Irwin, director of community relations. "So that will truly increase the security of our students — keeping those people who shouldn’t be in our schools away from our schools."
Volunteers who are allowed to supervise students without staff present are required to pay for a criminal background check.
Under this new system, they'll be paying $20 instead of $47. By reducing the financial burden, the district is hoping more people will volunteer at schools.