CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECK (CHRC) SERVICE
This service is designed to assist school district human resources personnel in conducting Criminal History Records Checks (CHRC) for school employees, student teachers, volunteers and any others that may be working with children in the district. The CHRC services are made through contracts with Dallas Computer Systems (DCS) for on-line services and Greet America Public Records Service (GAPRS) for courthouse collection visits. DCS is a private corporation that provides a full-range of background check services by searching subscription databases electronically. The DCS webpage will allow a seamless link to GAPRS for the county courthouse searches ordered by participating districts. Courthouse searches are not necessarily electronic searches.
- Instant search of web-based Department of Public Safety (DPS) criminal history conviction files will be conducted, as ordered. These searches may be processed on-line with immediate feedback or sent in batch with same or next day turn around.
- A "Tag Check" of automobile or vehicular ownership, as ordered, with regard to suspicious vehicles and/or vehicular traffic around a school.
- A "Check & Flag" service will annually check the DPS records of ALL full-time employees, volunteers, etc. from a district and will periodically run those names throughout the school year and "flag" and notify districts of hits that occur after the initial run at NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE. The database would be emptied and renewed annually by district decision.
- A county-by-county CHRC will be conducted, as ordered, in any identified U.S. county.
Training will be provided to member districts and coordinated through Region 10 ESC. Districts will designate a local contact and authorized local users. Participating districts and designated district users must have access to Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser, Version 4.0 or later to access all aspects of this service. The service year runs from September 1 through August 31.
Districts are encouraged to order county CHRC's on all new employees and other persons new to the district. Districts will order county-by-county searches on-line and will be invoiced by Region 10. County searches will search and report on files for the last seven years.
All billing by the partner companies, DCS and GAPRS, will be done directly to Region 10 ESC. Region 10 will verify the correctness of the billings for each district, eliminating duplications and any other errors. Invoices will identify activity by district and user within a district with regard to criminal history checks, including "Quick Checks," county courthouse searches and "Tag Checks," and "Check and Flag" services.
Each "Quick Check" inquiry into DPS criminal conviction records will be 60¢ per request.
Each "Tag Check" inquiry into motor vehicle ownership will be $1.00 per request.
Each "Check & Flag" ordered will be $3.75 annually per individual listed.
Each county courthouse search will be invoiced according to the search and court access Schedule.
Contact:
Rickey Williams, (972) 348-1038
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