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Fingerprinting
For the protection of pupils in educational settings from abuse and maltreatment,
NYS law requires the fingerprinting of prospective employees of school districts,
charter schools and boards of cooperative educational services. This includes sports officials.
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How do I get fingerprint cards?
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A fingerprint packet will be mailed to you from Southern Westchester BOCES.
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Where do I get fingerprinted?
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You may get fingerprinted at BOCES, school districts, institutions of higher education,
state and local criminal justice agencies.
You can ask the MHSOA Interpreter where you can go to be fingerprinted.
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How much does it cost?
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There is a $99 fingerprint processing fee; the actual fingerprinting is usually free.
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What if I have been fingerprinted for employment before?
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It depends on when and why you were fingerprinted. If you were fingerprinted after July 1, 2001
and you submitted your fingerprints to the State Education Department pursuant to the SAVE
Legislation, then you do not need to be fingerprinted again for subsequent employment in a
covered school, irrespective of whether you ever worked there, or for subsequent applications
for certification. If you were fingerprinted for another type of employment, such as a daycare
worker, a security guard, a police officer, etc., you need to be fingerprinted again. The
information that is contained in the reports that were generated as a result of those
fingerprints is maintained by another entity and is confidential. The Education Department
does not have access to that information for making the determinations relating to employment
and certification that it is under an obligation to make.
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If your fingerprints are on file with the NYS Dept. of Education, you can fill out and
submit a waiver form which must be obtained through BOCES. There is NO FEE associated
with this form.
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Want to know more?
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