Background Services/Fingerprinting/ Badges
Background Services & Fingerprinting
Fingerprints are completed at Fingerprinting Express, 5000 Smithridge Dr., Suite #A-9, Reno, NV 89502.
A WCSD Fingerprint form is required for all printing.
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. For the necessary paperwork and instructions, contact the contracting site department or site.
Coaches: $58.50 is payable at Fingerprinting Express. For the necessary paperwork and instructions, contact the school hiring site HR Generalist.
Background processing and ID badges are completed at the District Administration Building,
425 East 9th Street, Reno, Nevada 89512, Building A Human Resources Welcome Center.
Open 8:30 – 3:30, M – F, closed for lunch 12 – 1. (at the back of Building A - Look for the gold railing). No appointment is necessary.
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
- Coaches (non-paid/paid).
- Independent Contractors (Determined by Contract).
- ESP 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.
*WCSD does not fingerprint for initial teaching licensure or license renewal. Contact NDOE for information
For Volunteer Fingerprinting, contact Volunteer Services
775-348-0346
Contact Us
Monday - Friday
8:30 am - 3:30 pm
Closed for Lunch 12-1 pm
775-348-0292
Every employee should have a current WCSD Badge.
Badges are issued at the HR Welcome Center 425 E 9th, at the back of building B. Badges are issued from 8:00 to 3:30 pm, closed from 12 to 1 for lunch. If you change location, please come in and get a badge which matches your current location.
Badges are valid for 5 years from the fingerprint date.
All badges will have a name, expiration date, location, or department. Job titles have been changed to reflect leadership and staff.