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Section 1-111 of
the Pennsylvania School Code requires that all applicants
for school employment, including those of independent contractors
but excluding employees who do not have direct contact with
students, must obtain a criminal background check. All applicants
are required to submit a Request for Criminal Record Check
to the Pennsylvania State Police. The results will be returned
directly to you and must be submitted to the school entity
with which you are seeking employment. The Criminal History
Request Form (SP4-164) is available from schools, Pennsylvania
State Police Barracks and from the Pennsylvania State Police
web site: www.psp.state.pa.us/psp/cwp/view.asp?A=4&Q=48275.
You may now apply for this clearance online. Simply
follow the directions on the page. This background check
requires a ten dollar ($10) payment in the form of a certified
check or money order payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
or credit card, if applying online. To check on the status
of a request for a Pennsylvania State Police Request for Criminal
Record Check call 717-783-9973.
Applicants who have
not been a resident of Pennsylvania for at least two years
immediately preceding the date of application for employment
must also obtain a criminal background check from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The FBI check requires applicant
fingerprints be placed on a special card available from the
school in which you are seeking employment or from the School
Services Unit in the Department of Education. It is important
that you use the card that identifies the Pennsylvania State
Board of Education as the requesting agency, otherwise the
results may not be returned through proper channels. The FBI
check requires a payment of twenty-four ($24) in the form
of a certified check or money order payable to the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania. Call, write or send an email requesting the
FBI fingerprint card to:
School Services
Unit
PA Department of Education
333 Market Street 5th floor
Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333
Voice: 717.783.3750
TTY: 717.783.8445
email: dwolfgang@state.pa.us
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