Recently, OSBA made an inquiry to the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) to determine whether the costs for criminal background checks on school employees, conducted by the appointing or hiring officer of a board of education, would increase beginning July 1, 2014. The answer is no.
Currently, the fee for the BCI background check is $22, and the fee for the FBI background check is $24. As of now there are no plans for BCI to increase those fees. However, there is a possibility that webcheck agencies located in Ohio are raising the fees that they charge for submitting fingerprints electronically to the Ohio attorney general’s office. If that occurs, the fee increase would be done by those specific webcheck agencies.
If you have any additional questions or concerns, please contact OSBA’s division of legal services.