IMPORTANT: Please DO NOT arrive late for your appointment
Fingerprinting is mandatory for anyone with regular, unsupervised access to children, including those applying for certificates and those working in certified or classified positions. NEWESD 101 offers digital fingerprinting services, which use inkless technology to create high-quality prints. These digital prints are sent directly to the Washington State Patrol. After further review by the FBI, the fingerprint records are kept by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) in Olympia. You will not receive a copy of your fingerprint results. These results are sent directly to your employer, college, or university program for review.
If you are being printed for contracted services through third-party companies, you will need to be attached to a district. Check with your employer about which district you will need to reference.
Fingerprinting services are done, by appointment only, on Wednesday of each week. Times may vary and are subject to change.
To schedule an appointment
You are now able to schedule online by clicking the button above. If you have any questions, or would like to inquire about additional availability, please 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). Or, you can email [email protected].
Note: Online scheduling has a 24 hour lead time. Please give us a call if you are wanting to check availability closer than 24 hours.
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.