Faith's Law Employment History

Illinois law (105 ILCS 5/22-94) requires that school districts conduct a sexual misconduct background check on new hires. The District uses a third party, Verifent, to conduct this background check.

Employees are required to provide the names, contact information, and other relevant information related to their current/former employer(s).

Please follow the steps below to start your request for Faith’s Law Employment History Review:

• Visit Verifent website
• Click “Get Started” on the right hand side of the page and either “Login” if you’re an existing user or “Register” if you are setting up an account for the first time. Follow the instructions for gaining access to your account.

• On the left hand side of the page, select “Get Verified” and choose “Experience Verification”
• In the box, type in “Skokie School District 69” and our District will populate as an option. Select “Save Hiring Entity.”

• On this page you will complete all the required fields with your information.  Once complete, click "Next"
• Choose the forms you need your Former Employer(s) to complete by checking the appropriate box: Faith's Law Employment History Review (EHR).  Once complete, click "Next"

• On this page, you will include any current or former employer where you worked with children in any capacity
  • If you have never held a job prior or have not worked with children in any capacity prior, click on "I Have No Former Employers”
• To enter your current/former employer(s), click on "Choose Former Employer(s)”
  • *Note:  If your former employer is not a school district, type and select 'Former Employer Not Found' and manually enter the organization's name, contact email, and phone number
• Use the drop-down to select your former school district(s) and click on "Add Former Employer".  Once added, a pop-up will appear asking if you wish to "Add Another Former Employer?".  If you have more than one former employer, continue to add until you have included all applicable former employers
• Click "Next"

• Here you will complete a self-disclosure questionnaire regarding disclosure of any history of sexual misconduct or pending allegations involving students.  Once complete, sign, date, and select "I Agree - Continue"

• On this page, you will view a summary of the forms that will be requested, please read through carefully and click "Next" once you have confirmed all information appears correct
• An auto-generated pop-up will appear asking if you wish to upgrade, click "continue with basic"
• A submission confirmation will appear. From here, you can access all requested forms and their status from your Dashboard and download any forms for your personal records