All new employees of Hawkins County Schools must complete a TBI/FBI background check. It is the new employee’s responsibility to register and pay for this process. The hiring process is not official nor finalized until the results of the background check have been received.

*Before scheduling your background check, you will need to come to the Personnel Office and sign a Waiver Agreement & Statement for Criminal History Checks and an Acknowledgement of Receipt of Criminal History Check Information forms. *

Background Check Instructions:

1. The Hawkins County School System’s TBI/FBI Codes

   • ORI #TN931030Z

   • Bus Drivers: 28TYJ7

   • Custodial Workers: 28TYN5

   • Post-Secondary/Higher Education: 28TYG9

   • School Cafeteria Workers: 28TY9Z

   • School Worker - Other: 28TYHT

   • School Worker - Volunteer: 28TYKR

   • Substitute Teachers: 28TYBF

   • Teachers: 28TYFX

   New employees must provide this number during the registration process.

2. Go to the IndentoGO website (L-1 Identity Solutions)

3. Effective June 1, 2022, the fees of the Tennessee Applicant Processing Services (TAPS) will increase.  The revised user fees will be as follows:

   • TBI/FBI Applicant Fingerprint-Based Background checks: $39.15 (previously $35.15)

   • TBI/FBI Volunteer Fingerprint-Based Background checks: $35.15 (previously $31.15)

The fees are subject to change again on October 1, 2022.  If you have any questions regarding these changes, please email the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI)