I. The department shall complete a criminal history records check on all school bus or school transportation vehicle drivers as would school administrative units, school districts, and chartered public schools pursuant to RSA 189:13-a.
II. The selected applicant for employment or designated volunteer with a school administrative unit, school district, chartered public school, or public academy in a school bus driver or school transportation vehicle position shall submit to the department a criminal history records release form, as provided by the division of state police, which authorizes the division of state police to conduct a criminal history records check through its state records and through the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to release a report of the applicant's criminal history record information, including confidential criminal history record information, to the background check coordinator of the department, as described in RSA 21-N:8-a, I-a.