Employment Clearances

All employees must renew the following clearances every five years by the expiration date to maintain employment.

Clearance reports may take up to 14 days to be received. Please plan accordingly!

• FBI Criminal Background Check (Act 114)
• Pennsylvania Criminal Record Check (Act 34)
• Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearance (Act 151)

FBI Criminal Background Check (Act 114)

Cost: $26.20

You must be fingerprinted at a PDE-approved IdentoGO site.

Online registration is required prior to being fingerprinted at a public site. A few local public IdentoGO fingerprint locations are listed below. 

To register: 

1. Visit the IdentoGO website.  
2. Enter "1KG6XN" as the service code for Pennsylvania School Districts. If you cannot enter a service code, you are at the incorrect place to register.  
3. Select "Schedule or Manage Appointment."
4. Enter the requested personal information.
5. Create a security question.
6. Enter the requested personal information.
7. Answer "No" to "Do you have an authorization code?" 
8. Enter the requested personal information.
9. Choose the required documents that you will bring to enrollment.
10. Select a location and choose a date and time.
11. Print your registration confirmation and send it to Wendy Schrof at the UCFSD District Office, as your UE ID number is needed to access the FBI report. UCFSD must print the report from the IdentoGO System using the UE ID number. You will not receive a report in the mail.
12. Go to your scheduled appointment to be fingerprinted. Payment is made at fingerprint site.

Local Public Fingerprint Site Locations

Site Name	Address	Phone
Pack N Ship	25 Jenners Village Ctr. West Grove, PA 19390	(610) 345-9070
IdentoGO (Located Inside AAA)	105 Quarry Road Downingtown, PA 19335	(484) 237-2230
IdentoGO (Located Inside Parcel & More)	1442 Pottstown Pike West Chester, PA 19380	(484) 999-8923
IdentoGO (Located Inside Fastest Labs)	1239 West Chester Pike Suite B West Chester, PA 19382	(267) 641-2314

Pennsylvania State Criminal Record Check (Act 34)

Cost: $22.00

1. Apply at PA Criminal Record Check.
2. Chose "Individual Request."
3. Choose “Employment” as the reason for your request. 
4. Fill in the requested information.
5. Select "Proceed."
6. Enter the additional requested information. 
7. Submit and pay with your credit or debit card.
8. Be sure to select “Print Certificate” to print the actual clearance prior to exiting the system. If you have a problem and you do not get your report or control number, call (888) 783-7972 for assistance.
9. Send a copy of your clearance to Wendy Schrof at the UCFSD District Office.

Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance (Act 151)

Cost: $13.00

Please note MAC Users should use Chrome. This site does not work well on Safari or Firefox browsers. 

1. Apply on the Child Welfare Portal. 
2. Choose "Individual Login" if you remember your username and login.  Users cannot reset or recover a user ID. If you do not remember the login you created, choose "Create Individual Account" to get a new username and password to access the system.
3. Select "Access My Clearances."
4. Enter your username and password.*
5. Create a clearance application. 
6. Enter the requested information. 
7. Choose "School Employee Governed by Public School Code" for the “Purpose of Clearance.”
8. Complete your clearance application.
9. Select "No" for "Did an organization provide a code for your application?"
10. Select "Make a Payment." Enter your payment information and submit.
11. Your clearance will be mailed or emailed to you depending what you chose while completing the application. 
12. Send a copy of your clearance to Wendy Schrof at the UCFSD District Office.

*Users may not reset or recover their User ID. If you forgot your User ID, please refer to the email titled "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania – New Account Information" that was sent to you upon account creation five years ago. Your User ID is located there. If you no longer have this information you must create a new account. If a new account is required, users may use the same email address registered with their previous account. If you continue experiencing issues logging in to your account, contact the CWIS Support Center at 1 (877) 343-0494.

For questions related to the Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Clearance, please contact the ChildLine Verification Unit at (877) 371-5422.