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.  To have a background check done, applicants must be fingerprinted at a Cogent Systems Fingerprinting Center. A center is available in Rogersville every Wednesday from 8:30 am to 3 pm. 

Background Check Instructions:

1.  The Hawkins County School System’s ORI # is TN931030Z.  New employees must provide this number during the registration process.

2.  Complete the TAPS Applicant Information form at the bottom of this page.  You will need this information to complete the next step.

3.  Applicants must contact Cogent Systems to register for their fingerprinting back ground check.  For faster service, register online
      at www.tennessee.cogentid.com or call 1-877-862-2425.  Once registered you will receive a registration confirmation number.  Keep this
     number because it may be needed later in the fingerprinting process.

4.  Applicants must prepay for their fingerprint service or make payment arrangements prior to fingerprinting.  Pre-payment can be completed
     at www.tnprints.com or by calling 1-800-964-7690.  You may also pay with a Money Order, made payable to Cogent Systems, on-site
     the day of your fingerprinting.  The cost is $48.00.

5.  Proceed to the fingerprint location of your choice.  No appointment is necessary.  You must be registered and have made arrangements for
      payment prior to going to the fingerprint location.  (Fingerprint locations for the entire state of Tennessee are located
      at www.tennessee.cogentid.com.)  Information about the closest sites tothe Rogersville area is included with this document.

6.  At the fingerprint service site the Applicant must provide valid State or Federal government issued identification, and submit a set of fingerprints.

7.  Fingerprints will be electronically forwarded to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and all results of the fingerprint background check will be
     provided to the Hawkins County School System.

Please note:  Background checks take time.  Cogent systems does not have access, nor does it involve itself with the summary execution of an applicant background check.  To this extent Cogent cannot provide the applicant information regarding the background check process, or when it will be completed.

 
TRANSACTION CODES FOR COGENTS FINGERPRINTING

You may be asked to supply one of the following transaction codes when registering for fingerprinting.  Please provide them with the most appropriate code for the position you are applying as indicated:

TE          Teachers                                                               ST           Substitute Teachers

BD         Bus Drivers                                                           CA          Cafeteria Workers

CW       Custodial Workers                                              SW         School Worker, Other

TAPS Applicant Information Form  

   Complete online and print form here              Or            Download and print Information form here.