(a) All applications for positions shall be referred to the superintendent for his recommendation to the Board. At the proper time, the superintendent shall recommend the names of those staff members who are being considered for re-employment to the Board for action.

(b) Prior to employment all regular and substitute employees who may have contact with students will submit to fingerprinting for the purpose of obtaining a state and/or national criminal background check. Checks will be done by the Wyoming Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The prospective employee will pay for the cost of the fingerprinting and background checks.

In addition, s/he will be required to complete a form listing all offenses (other than misdemeanor traffic offenses or traffic infractions) for which s/he has been convicted; all denials, reprimands, admonitions, suspensions, or revocations of occupational permits; and employment history of dismissal, discharge, resignations in order to avoid discipline or discharge, or employer-requested resignation. The person will be required to sign a notarized affidavit stating that the information is true and correct. If the results of the criminal background checks are different from the information on the notarized form, s/he will not be hired, or if s/he is already working immediate termination will occur.

Persons who have been issued a teaching certificate or a substitute permit by the Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board after July 1, 1996, will not be required to undergo the fingerprinting or background check as that is a state requirement prior to obtaining the certificate or permit. This policy implements Wyoming Statute 21-7-401 and is effective for any employee hired after July 1, 1996.