IMPORTANT NOTICE
Please DO NOT arrive late for your appointment
NEWESD 101 provides digital fingerprinting services for individuals in Washington State that are obtaining a teaching certificate, are or will be a school district employee, or are enrolled in a college or university program that requires clearance prior to beginning field experience in a school setting.
Fingerprinting services are done, by appointment only, on Wednesday of each week. Times may vary and are subject to change.
To schedule an appointment call (509) 789-3800. Press 2. (Please leave your name, phone number, and if you're scheduling for a specific school district or university program or general Washington State certification).
The fee for this service is $98.19.
Districts who are paying for the service and need to send a purchase order, please send to [email protected].
Our office is located at 4202 South Regal Street in Spokane, WA. Pull into the parking lot on the North side of the building. You will see a sign that will direct you on where to park, then proceed to the flagpole out front of our main building. (Do not go to the Talbott Event Center, we are the building closest to Regal). See the yellow "X" on the photo below to see which entrance to use.
CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS
Acceptable forms of payment:
- Visa/MasterCard or Debit Card
On the day of your appointment, you will need to bring the $98.19 fee and one valid piece of government issued identification from the list below:
- Driver's License
- State ID
- Military ID
- Passport
NEWESD 101’s digital fingerprinting technology submits the scanned images directly to the Washington State Patrol. After additional review by the FBI, fingerprint records are then held by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).
Due to this technology we ask that you not schedule an appointment if you are suffering from cuts, wounds, or injuries to your hands or are experiencing general ill health.
To request a copy of your background check results please visit OPSI's website.
Your fingerprints may need to be resubmitted due to poor print quality thus requiring a reprint and submission to WSP.
For those customers who are seeking certification or recertification, you will receive a notice from OSPI stating that your prints will need to be resubmitted. School district or college program customers, your district/school will be notified of the need for resubmission and thus notify you.
For more information on Washington State fingerprinting requirements, please visit: http://www.k12.wa.us/ProfPractices/fingerprint/default.aspx
If you believe the results of your background check from the FBI are not complete or are wrong you have an opportunity to complete or challenge the accuracy of the information as described below.
Send a written challenge request to the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division by writing to the following address:
FBI CJIS Division
Attention: Correspondence Group
1000 Custer Hollow Road
Clarksburg, WV 26306
Your written request to the FBI should clearly identify the information that you feel is inaccurate or incomplete and should include copies of any available proof or documents that support your claim. The correspondence group will contact appropriate agencies to try to verify or correct challenged entries for you. When the FBI receives official communication from the agency with jurisdiction over the matter, the FBI will make appropriate changes and notify you of the outcome. (This process is described in 28 C.F.R. § 16.34.)
The results of the WSP and FBI background check are forwarded to OSPI and are entered into an online Educational Data System (EDS). All school districts, educational service districts, private schools, 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, private schools and educational service district (ESD) employees is returned to the appropriate agency after the criminal history report is processed by OSPI.
Sorry, we have no way of determining or controlling the length of time these processes take.