Fingerprint Information

If you are submitting any of the following, you will be required to submit a complete set of fingerprints and a $57 fingerprint processing fee:

• First Kansas certificate or license.
• Renewal of an expired Kansas certificate or license.
• If the applicant has never submitted fingerprints as part of any previous application for a Kansas certificate or license, submit fingerprints at the time of the next license application.

Before your appointment:

*DO NOT pay the fingerprint processing fee in the Kansas Licensure Application System (KLAS) until you have your fingerprints digitally submitted to Kansas Bureau of Investigations (KBI).

*ONLY pay online if your fingerprints are digitally submitted to KBI. 

• Call your local Kansas law enforcement agency to schedule an appointment
• Confirm the agency has LiveScan, and they submit it digitally to KBI 
• If digital submission to KBI is not an option, you will need to use the formatted FD 258 card and mail the card to KSDE

Bring the following items with you to your appointment:

• At least one form of picture ID
• Printed copy of the KBI LiveScan instructions 
• Check or cash: agencies may charge a fee to take your prints. This fee is in addition to the $57 you must submit for your background check.
• Background Waiver Form
  • Signed by the officer taking your fingerprints and uploaded into KLAS

During your appointment:

• Complete the personal information, as directed by the officer taking your prints
• Provide the officer taking your prints with the KSDE Code - 902KS1600

After your appointment:

• Log into Kansas Licensure Application System (KLAS)
• If a new user, you will need to register for an account
• if you already have a KLAS account, log in using that information
• Click the Fingerprint Payment Portal
  • Fill out applicant form
  • Upload signed waiver
  • Return to welcome screen
  • Print to review data that will be submitted to KSDE
  • Pay (button will appear when 1 and 2 are complete)
  • Print Report
  • Log off

Before your appointment:

• Call your local law enforcement agency or fingerprint entity to schedule an appointment.
• Confirm that the agency uses the Kansas Preformatted Card (FBI, FD 258).

Bring the following items with you:

• Blank fingerprint card if a packet was requested from KSDE.
• At least one form of picture ID.
• Background Waiver Form.
• Check or cash: agencies may charge a fee to take your prints. This fee is in addition to the $57 you must submit for your background check. 
• $57 check or money order, made payable to KSDE. This fee needs to be sent to KSDE in the same envelope with your completed fingerprint card. 
  • DO NOT COMBINE THE BACKGROUND FEE AND THE LICENSE APPLICATION FEE*
• Pre-addressed, stamped envelope large enough to accommodate the fingerprint card

During your appointment:

• Complete the personal information, on the fingerprint card, as directed by the officer taking your prints.
• Your prints may be taken digitally, then printed on the FD 258 card, or inked directly onto the card.
• Have the officer place the following into the stamped, pre-addressed envelope, seal it, and mail it directly to KSDE.
• Completed card.
• $57 background fee.
• Completed Background Waiver Form.

Mail the card and the fee to KSDE:

Place adequate postage on an envelope addressed to:

KSDE
Attention: Teacher Licensure
900 SW Jackson, Suite 102
Topeka, KS 66612-1212