Required for Substitute
Teachers, Teacher Assistants and Nurses
The information below is from the OSPRA Web site and is meant to provide information for substitute teaching applicants for the Capital Region BOCES Substitute Registry serving BOCES and the districts of Bethlehem, Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake, Cobleskill-Richmondville, Cohoes, Duanesburg, Green Island, Guilderland, Menands, Mohonasen, Niskayuna, North Colonie (Jr. High & HS), Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk, Schalmont, Schenectady, Scotia-Glenville, South Colonie, Voorheesville and Watervliet.
Effective July 1, 2001, Sections 305(30), 3004-b, 3004-c and 3035 of the Education Law, as amended by Chapter 180 of the Laws of 2000, and Part 87 of the Commissioner's Regulations, the Commissioner of Education requires a fingerprint-supported criminal history background check for applicants.
Fingerprints are processed by the Commissioner of Education through the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
If you do not have
clearance for employment in the NYS Education Department TEACH
fingerprint database, you must fulfill
this requirement by:
Start
the fingerprint process online by registering and paying for
your fingerprints for TEACH
on the NYS Education Department Web site.
Next,
call Sally Loeper at Capital Region
BOCES at (518) 464-5120. She will give you
further instructions about the fingerprint process, but
note, you must provide at your fingerprint
appointment a $28 money order made payable to Capital Region BOCES
for the BOCES fingerprint
processing fee.
