BIB is changing how Your schools screen employees and volunteers. We have created a completely online platform that allows for applicant data entry and self pay, meaning there is ZERO cost to your district to use our technology!
Best of all, we provide the most reliable screen available, meeting the requirements of the Expanded Criminal History Check (ECHC) without costing your applicants lots of dollars.
Background screening doesn't need to be complicated. We designed this page to answer all your questions about the laws, compliance and methodology. Just read through the FAQs for more!
Indiana mandates county-level searches for each county of residence, a national database check and a sex-offender check.
An Indiana School Background Check meets all the requirements of the ECHC (including ammendments effective July 1!). See our FAQs for more on our screens.
With Indiana School Background Checks, there are no set up fees, maintenance costs or other expenses. Your applicants pay us directly, so you don't even have to collect payments.
Plus, our screens are more affordable for your teachers and volunteers: only $19.95. Compare to over $28.00
You can finally say goodbye to that old filing cabinet. With Indiana School Background Checks, everything is conveniently managed online, so you can find a better use for those paper forms.
Plus, our review system makes approvals fast: we'll automatically approve clean applicants, so you only review those with records.
All applicants for employment in Indiana schools must receive an "Expanded Criminal History Check" (ECHC), which is defined as:
OR
Option 2:
Search of national criminal background check (FBI); AND a check of all 50 states' sex offender registry or a check of national sex offender registry.
Volunteers may be required to undergo only a "limited background check" which is a search of the Indiana State Police database. However, those with direct student contact must submit to an ECHC.
While both have data on Indiana arrests, neither should be used as a primary source. Here's 10 reasons why:
Why shouldn't I use incomplete records in employment screening?
The use of arrest records without a final disposition in employment screening was featured in the EEOC's 2012 Guidance document to employers, warning against doing so.
Indiana Schools Background Checks by BIB consist of all these elements:
Indiana Schools Background Checks by BIB helps ensure compliance with all state and federal regulations by sending the required communications to applicants that do not meet your guidelines. If applicants want to dispute any information in the report, they can contact us, and we will launch an investigation. Your district doesn't have to worry about a thing!
With Indiana Schools Background Checks by BIB, there is ZERO cost to your district. There is no software investment, no set-up costs and no membership fees. Applicants pay for the screens directly, so you don't even have to collect payments!
Price per screen: $19.95 (Includes all steps included in the Best Practices Screen and AKAs)
Indiana Schools Background Checks by BIB provides credential ID cards with the applicant's name (volunteers and employees) and school district. You can also choose to have an expiration date that indicates when rescreening should occur. BIB's facilitates the delivery of these cards to those who have been approved.
See how easy screening can be—Exclusively for Indiana Schools!