If you have previously been fingerprinted by the New York State Education Department, you will not need to be fingerprinted again. Instead, you will need to submit an OSPRA 103 form to authorize New York State to send your fingerprints to New York City.
Follow the steps below to ensure that your prints are released from the NYSED to NYC Public Schools. You will know if you fall into this category because your status in your Applicant Gateway email next to fingerprinting will read “processing.”
First, check your TEACH account to view the status of your fingerprint application and any clearance requests on file with NYSED.
Second, log in to Applicant Gateway from the automatic email you received as part of your NYC Public Schools onboarding. In the status section, you will see your fingerprinting status.
Last, you may see the OSPRA 103 form linked in the Applicant Gateway. You cannot submit the form via the Applicant Gateway - the completed form will need to be sent via email to HRCServiceCenter@schools.nyc.gov.
The OSRPA 103 form can take anywhere from 7-10 business days or longer to process, so we encourage you to take this step as soon as you are able if it is applicable. Note that you may incur a $20 fee to process your OSPRA 103 form.