| 12/17/2007
Dear TASPA members,
Earlier today you should have received the email below from SBEC/TEA
staff member Jeannie Tomasek (Jeannie.Tomasek@sbec.state.tx.us
) regarding procedures for complying with the fingerprinting bill, SB
09. If you did NOT receive the email copied below, please add
Jeannie's email above to your white-list, and check your SPAM box in
case it was sent there in error.
Note that the email has specific time-sensitive actions you need to
take:
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Please email
the name, phone number and email address of your SB 09 ISD
communications designee to
SB9@tea.state.tx.us
as soon as possible.
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If you have
not yet completed an updated
user
agreement, requesting access to upload or view fingerprint
information, NOW is the time to complete this form and fax it in.
Please FAX this
completed form to: SBEC Online Access at (512) 936-8298.
SBEC has also requested that we post the past email correspondence
to ISDs regarding SB 09 on our website to increase visibility of the
information:
- October 5th 2007
letter regarding SB 09 process. This letter includes a general
explanation of the process, and explains key actions that ISDs must
take to be able to have access to and upload information to the SBEC
system.
- Access
form, to be completed for the designated individual to access
SBEC-Online for SB 09 matters.
-
November 16 letter, which explains the fingerprinting process
for non-certified employees offered employment after January 1, 2008
- the
EXCEL template to be used to upload information once you have
sent in your access form. You will be able to start uploading
information after January 2, 2008, but need to submit your
Access form
ASAP.
- IBT
message (word document) stating that "because the criminal
history review fees for non-certified employees must be distributed
to several different agencies, they must be processed through Texas
Online's ePay system, and that system requires that payments be made
with a credit card at the time of scheduling." The
notice includes a recommended process whereby an ISD can pay for
these using a credit card.
-
December 17 Notification of a Media briefing on SB 09 scheduled
for THIS Wednesday, December 19 at 10 AM at TEA. TASPA media
representative Glenn Greenwood will be attending and report
back on the event.
- Parking map
for those attending the media event.
For technical assistance with the
upload process, or for questions related to the implementation of
Senate Bill 9, please contact the TEA Division of Fingerprinting at
1-888-863-5880, Option 3, or email
SB9@tea.state.tx.us
.
Below is the email from today from Jeanie
Tomasek.
Best,
alex
REMINDER
Fingerprinting
Procedures for Non-Certified Employees under Senate
Bill 9
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The fingerprinting
process and criminal history information reviews for
non-certified new hires begins effective January 1,
2008. Each district will be responsible for
submitting the required information to the TEA for
any non-certified new hires employed on or after
January 1, 2008.
Since
January 1, 2008 is a
holiday, SBEC Online will be available to begin
uploads of employee information on January 2, 2007.
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If you have not yet
designated a contact person for your district,
please designate a contact person to correspond with
us for all matters related to the implementation of
SB 9. Please email the name, phone number and email
address of your designee to
SB9@tea.state.tx.us as soon as
possible.
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The attached
user agreement, which is to be
printed, filled out and faxed, must be completed for
each school district employee authorized to access
SBEC Online to update or view fingerprinting
information related to SB 9. If you have not yet
completed an updated user agreement, requesting
access to upload or view fingerprint information,
NOW is the time to complete this form and fax it in.
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We will begin the
process of granting security access for each user
that has submitted a completed access form very
soon, and you will receive an email confirmation
when your access has been granted.
However, you will
not be able to begin uploading information for
non-certified employees to SBEC Online until January
2, 2007.
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For technical
assistance with the upload process, or for questions
related to the implementation of Senate Bill 9,
please contact the TEA Division of Fingerprinting at
1-888-863-5880, Option 3, or email SB9@tea.state.tx.us.
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