Fingerprinting and Background Check

Any participant in the Teaching Excellence program must gain their official Texas Educators Certification Fingerprints via Morphotrust (the official vendor of TEA/SBEC).  The 2007 Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 9 requiring fingerprint-based criminal background reviews for certain school employees in Texas Public schools. Senate Bill 9 is codified in Texas Education Code (TEC), Chapter 22, Subchapter C. 

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You received communication from your partnership district with instructions on how to successfully complete this requirement.  Please reach out to the following contacts with any questions:

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YES Prep – Talent.Support@yesprep.org

KIPP Houston – CLevine@kipphouston.org

Spring Branch ISD – Karen.Heeth@springbranchisd.com

BakerRipley – mglover@Neighborhood-Centers.org

Raul Yzaguirre School for Success- EstrellaK@tejanocenter.org

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You will also receive information from these contacts regarding district orientation attendance.