Employee Clearance Renewal Update – Extension for FBI Background Check Only.
Recently, the PA Department of Education signed into law Act 18 of 2020 which provides additional time for school employees to renew their FBI fingerprint-based background checks due to the pandemic. Under Act 18, employees of public, private, and nonpublic schools, as well as independent contractors and their employees who work with schools, have until December 31, 2020 to renew their FBI fingerprint-based background checks at an approved IdentoGO location.
PLEASE NOTE: The renewal extension provided under Act 18 only applies to their FBI fingerprint-based background checks. It does not provide additional time for school employees to renew other required clearances (Pennsylvania State Police Criminal History Record and Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Child Abuse Report).
** Although Act 18 provides a renewal extension for the FBI fingerprint-based background check,
the District urges you to NOT delay and obtain the renewal as soon as possible. **
