Address:  2630 West 13th Street, Suite A, Ashtabula, OH 44004

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Enter in the Administrative Offices at the back of the building by the playground.

 

The Ashtabula County Educational Service Center conducts FBI/Ohio background checks and recommends scheduling an appointment for the best experience. If you would like to schedule an appointment or have questions, please call (440) 576-9023 or email kristie.ferrando@ashtabulaesc.org.

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• Payment methods are credit/debit, Google Pay, Apple Pay (electronic payments add 3% surcharge), cash, or money order (made payable to the “Ashtabula County Educational Service Center") --  no personal checks accepted.

           Ohio Background Check                   $25.00

           FBI Background Check                      $40.00

           Ohio and FBI Background Check     $60.00

• Driver’s license or state ID and Social Security number required.

• Please bring the exact amount of cash with you. 

 

If you misplace your copy of your background check and need another copy, the cost will be $5.00 before your copy is released.

 

Instructions for School Personnel:

• Ohio law requires that all individuals must have a baseline Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and FBI criminal background check at the time they apply for their first Ohio educator license or permit, and those BCI and FBI background checks must be no older than one year (365 days) at the time they are used for initial licensure.

• If an individual then resides continuously in Ohio, he or she does not need to update the BCI background check, but must obtain an updated FBI check once every five years.

• If an individual lives outside Ohio at any time during the five years after obtaining a BCI check, then both background checks will need to be updated.

• This applies to all individuals holding a state of Ohio educator license or permit, including a non-tax certificate (no expiration date), a permanent certificate (no expiration date) and an eight-year professional certificate.

• It is the responsibility of educators holding ODE licenses, certificates or permits, as well as their employers, to ensure that the law is followed with regard to obtaining required updated background checks within the five year timeframe prescribed by law, even if the expiration of a background check does not always coincide with the expiration of the license.

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