Background Services & Fingerprinting

Please make an appointment with your HR Generalist to ensure they will be available and ready to help you.  Find your HR Generalist here

Fingerprinting

Contact your HR Generalist to ensure you NEED to be fingerprinted before getting printed. You will be charged if you print and do not need to.

1. Register online for an appointment at Fingerprinting Express at https://register.fingerprintingexpress.com/. 
2. Bring the fingerprint form sent to you by your HR Generalist to the fingerprinting appointment. After being fingerprinted at Fingerprinting Express, you must retain this form and turn it in to your HR Generalist. 

Fingerprints are completed at Fingerprinting Express, 5000 Smithridge Dr., Suite #A-9, Reno, NV 89502. A WCSD Fingerprint form is required for all printing.

Background Check 

Visit the District Administration Building at 425 E. 9th Street, Building A, Human Resources Center on a weekday between 8:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. or 1:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Look for the yellow handrail and yellow door. Bring: 

• • The completed “Fingerprint Express Form” 
  • An electronically signed and otherwise completed copy of the attached “DPS Waiver”
  • Government-issued picture ID
  • If you are an Independent Contractor, please get the additional Independent Contractor completed Fingerprint Screening/Verification form (AP-F006A) from the contracting department or school site.

ID Badges

Visit the District Administration Building at 425 E. 9th Street, Building A, Human Resources Center on a weekday between 8:30 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. or 1:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Look for the yellow handrail and yellow door. Bring: 

• • Your WCSD badge
  • The completed “Fingerprint Express Form” - if needed
  • An electronically signed and otherwise completed copy of the attached “DPS Waiver”
  • Government-issued picture ID

Transfers, Name Change, or Lost Badge

If you are a current employee, you can send a photo to your HR Generalist for a new badge.  All changes must be verified in Business Plus before receiving a new ID Badge. 

Use the following criteria for your photo:

1. A good likeness of your current appearance, taken within the last six months.
2. Your photo must be a clear image of ONLY you (not blurry, grainy, or fuzzy) against a plain background.
3. The photo must be a full face-and-shoulders shot, squarely facing the camera.
4. You must use a portrait (not landscape) photo that is correctly oriented.
5. You must be facing the camera.
6. You cannot wear a hat or dark glasses.
7. It must be in JPEG file format.

If you come to WCSD HR Welcome Center in person for a new transfer, name change or lost badge, please bring the following. 

• Your WCSD badge - if you have it.
• Government-issued picture ID
• All changes must be verifiable in Business Plus

Five-Year Background Checks and Badges

You will receive an email with the necessary forms. Please bring the following to the HR Welcome Center:

• Your WCSD badge
• The completed “Fingerprint Express Form” 
• An electronically signed and otherwise completed copy of the attached “DPS Waiver”
• Authorization for Payroll Deduction form
• Government-issued picture ID

Who Needs Fingerprinting?

• Volunteers who work with or chaperone students unsupervised without staff members present (even if it is only one day a year).
• Volunteers who volunteer for overnight trips.
• Volunteers who volunteer for out-of-state trips (even if it is only one day).
• New Employees:
• ESP/Classified/ Admin
• Coaches (non-paid/paid).
• Independent Contractors (Determined by Contract).
• ESP and Admin employees who have been with the district for five years or more. Contact Background Services for paperwork and instructions.

*Certified employees employed by the district for five years or more only need a new badge printed.

*Volunteers: Your school administration must complete and sign your application, and you must visit Volunteer Services before being fingerprinted.

New Hires: Contact the HR Generalist for your site for the necessary paperwork and instructions.

WCSD employees will be charged $58.50 for fingerprinting fees associated with background clearance via payroll deduction.

Independent Contractors: $58.50 is payable at Fingerprinting Express. Contact the contracting site department or site for the necessary paperwork and instructions.

Coaches: $58.50 is payable at Fingerprinting Express. Contact the school hiring site HR Generalist for the necessary paperwork and instructions.

*WCSD does not fingerprint for initial teaching licensure or license renewal. Contact NDOE for information 

For Volunteer Fingerprinting, contact Volunteer Services

            775-348-0346

            VolunteerServices@washoeschools.net