About Fingerprint Records
Washington State law supports our mission to provide a safe, civil, healthy, and engaging environment for learning.
- RCW 28A.410.010, requires all applicants who do not possess a valid
Washington teaching certificate at the time of application be
fingerprinted for a background record check.
- RCW 28A.400.303, requires all new employees of a school district, an
educational service district, state school for the deaf, state school for
the blind, and their contractors who have regularly unsupervised access to
children be fingerprinted for a background record check.
- RCW 28A.195.080, authorizes approved private schools to require their
employees with regularly unsupervised access to children be fingerprinted
for a background record check.
The background record check consists of a check through the Washington
State Patrol (WSP) and Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).
The results of the WSP and FBI background check are forwarded to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) and are compiled into an online Educational Data System (EDS). All school districts, educational service districts, BIA funded Native American schools, colleges, and universities in Washington State have access to the EDS and are able to view the results of the WSP and FBI background record check.
Criminal history conviction information reported from the WSP and/or FBI
of all school district and educational service district employees is
disseminated to the appropriate agency at the time the criminal history
report is processed by our office.
Take a tour through the Fingerprint Records site by clicking though the links to information and resources on the right-hand side of each page.
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For more information contact:
(360) 725-6135
oppfp@k12.wa.us
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