For any position, such as teacher, educational tech, clerical, custodian, bus driver, or kitchen help, potential substitutes must complete the Application for Substitutes - all positions and submit it to the Central Office.

Every person who substitutes (no exceptions) must have either:

1. a permanent Criminal History Record Check approval: or
2. a temporary C.H.R.C. approval on file at the Central Office.

Temporary approvals are good for eight weeks and you must be fingerprinted before the approval expires.

Submit the “Application for Initial Approval” form with a $15.00 fee to:

Department of Education
Certification Office
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023

to get the temporary approval. These forms are at the Central Office. We will also require a copy of the permanent approval (good for five years) when that is received.


You can sign up for fingerprinting on-line at the Maine Department of Education Website at www.state.me.us/education. Then choose Educators and Administrators, then Fingerprint Schedule.

This is directly located at:
http://www.informe.org/cgi-bin/doe/fingerprint.pl
(This page was last updated on January 3, 2007 .)