Effective July 1, 1994 Public Act 94-221 requires that all newly hired employees of school districts need to be fingerprinted for a criminal history check regardless of their position. 

EDUCATION CONNECTION is authorized by the State of Connecticut to provide Fingerprinting Services to anyone seeking employment within a school district in Connecticut.  We are also authorized to fingerprint university/college students participating in an Educator Preparation Program under the supervision of a university/college.  We will process and forward fingerprints and remittance to the proper state and federal authorities for a criminal history check.  We will notify the school district in which they were hired or the university/college where they will be student teaching, that the individual has been fingerprinted. Once received, EDUCATION CONNECTION will inform the school district or university/college of any criminal history check. 

Please call EDUCATION CONNECTION's Litchfield Office at (860) 567-0863 or Danbury Office at (203) 791-1904 to schedule a fingerprint appointment.

 

What does a local district need to do to have a new hire fingerprinted?

  • Ask applicant if they have already been fingerprinted. If yes, call EDUCATION CONNECTION to determine the current status. If no, proceed to the next step.

  • Provide a copy of the appropriate Fingerprinting Services flyer (District Staff or Substitute Teacher) and the, "Frequently Asked Questions" document to each applicant to be fingerprinted.  Directions to our Litchfield and Danbury facilities are printed on the flyer.

  • If a school district chooses to pay for EDUCATION CONNECTION’s processing fee of $16.00, please complete and sign the fingerprint requisition form and give it to your employee to bring with them the day they are being fingerprinted.  Your employee will be responsible for the balance of $16.50 by bringing a cashier’s (bank) check or money order payable to EDUCATION CONNECTION.

 

What does an applicant need to do to be fingerprinted?

  • The applicant can call EDUCATION CONNECTION's Litchfield or Danbury campus, Monday-Friday, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. to make an appointment.

  • On the day of your scheduled appointment, all applicants are asked to arrive five minutes early and check in with the receptionist. Late arrivals are subject to rescheduling.

  • Please bring a photo ID, come prepared with your Social Security Number and your date and place of birth.
  • Please bring a cashier's (bank) check or money order in the amount of $40.50 payable to EDUCATION CONNECTION.  Please NOTE:  Personal checks, cash, debit or credit cards will not be accepted as payment.

  • If your school district chooses to pay for EDUCATION CONNECTION’s processing fee of $16.00, please bring a completed fingerprint requisition form signed by the appropriate school personnel the day of fingerprint.  You must also bring a cashier’s (bank) check or money order payable to EDUCATION CONNECTION for the balance due of $16.50.

 

What will EDUCATION CONNECTION do?

 

   EDUCATION CONNECTION will:

  • Provide you with written confirmation stating that you have been fingerprinted. 

  • Forward the fingerprints and proper remittance to the State Police Bureau of Identification for a local, state, and national criminal history background check.

  • Maintain your fingerprint information in a confidential registry for future reference.

  • Inform the hiring school district(s) and the applicant, in writing, of results pertaining to a criminal record.