The Child Protective Services Law, under Act 153 of 2014, requires all School District employees, contractors, and volunteers having routine, direct contact with children to obtain new clearances every 60 months (five years). Clearances include child abuse, state and federal criminal history checks.
In addition, the Commonwealth of PA, pursuant to Act 168 of 2014, requires applicants who would be employed by or in a school entity, in a position involving direct contact with children, to satisfy the Act’s requirement of providing information related to sexual misconduct/abuse, by completing sexual misconduct/abuse disclosure release forms.
Below are instructions for obtaining clearances and completing the required forms.
ACT 34/PA STATE POLICE CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
● https://epatch.state.pa.us/ Click on “Submit A New Record Check”.
● Read and Accept Terms and Conditions.
● Choose “Individual Request”.
● Select “Employment” for the reason for request entry; complete forms as instructed.
● Results are typically instantaneous unless they are “under review”, in which case note your reference number and the date of the application. Use this information to check back on the “epatch” website periodically until your results are available.
● Print clearance, making sure to click all the way through to the “certification form” button. The document you print must show your SSN, DOB, etc. and will have the State seal in the background. We will not accept the “Receipt” and you will not receive a copy in the mail.
● Pay with credit/debit card ($22.00 as of 12/1/17).
ACT 151/PA CHILD ABUSE HISTORY CLEARANCE
● https://www.compass.state.pa.us/cwis/public/home
● Create an individual account with a valid email address. You will be asked for a Keystone ID#. This is a number you must create using the parameters. You will receive an email with a temporary password to log in and you will be prompted to create your own password. Once this is done, log into your account, accept the terms and conditions and complete the process.
● For application purpose, select “School Employee”.
● Complete all additional information.
● Once process is completed, within 14 days you will receive an email with an ID number informing you that your report is ready to review. To access and print out the results, log in using the same password you created when applying.
● The response time may be immediate if done online (be sure to print results) or it can take up to two weeks for the results to be mailed.
● Pay with credit/debit card ($13.00 as of 7/01/18).
ACT 114/FBI FEDERAL CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD
● https://www.identogo.com/locations/pennsylvania
● Enter 1KG6XN as the Service Code.
● Click on Schedule/Manage Appointment.
● Enter required information on screens.
● Based on your zip code, you will be given a list of IdentoGo Service Centers. Click on the location where you would like to go to be fingerprinted. You can make an appointment online or click walk-in.
● Print the Service Summary Page. You will need to bring this page and identification with you to your appointment.
● The current cost is $25.25
|