No certificated employee shall write or sign any letter or memorandum which intentionally omits significant facts, or which states as facts matters which the writer does not know of his/her own knowledge to be true, relating to the professional qualifications or personal fitness to perform certificated services of any person who the writer knows will use the letter or memorandum to obtain professional employment. (5 CCR, Section 80332)
\n\nNo certificated employee shall agree to provide a positive letter of recommendation which misrepresents facts as a condition of another employee's resigning or withdrawing action against the district. (5 CCR, Section 80332)
\n\n\n", "contentText": "No certificated employee shall write or sign any letter or memorandum which intentionally omits significant facts, or which states as facts matters which the writer does not know of his/her own knowledge to be true, relating to the professional qualifications or personal fitness to perform certificated services of any person who the writer knows will use the letter or memorandum to obtain professional employment. (5 CCR, Section 80332)\n\nNo certificated employee shall agree to provide a positive letter of recommendation which misrepresents facts as a condition of another employee's resigning or withdrawing action against the district. (5 CCR, Section 80332)", "footnotes": [ { "type": "State", "references": [ { "code": "5 CCR 80332", "description": "Professional candor and honesty in letters or memoranda of employment recommendation", "url": "https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I7B8121234C6911EC93A8000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)" }, { "code": "Civ. Code 47", "description": "Privileged communication", "url": "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=47.&lawCode=CIV" }, { "code": "Lab. Code 1050-1054", "description": "Reemployment privileges", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&division=2.&title=&part=3.&chapter=4.&article=" } ] }, { "type": "Management Resources", "references": [ { "code": "Court Decision", "description": "Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University v. Superior Court (1981) 119 Cal. App. 3d 516", "url": "https://www.lexisnexis.com/clients/CACourts/" }, { "code": "Court Decision", "description": "Randi W. v. Muroc Joint Unified School District et al. (1997) 14 Cal. 4th 1066", "url": "https://www.lexisnexis.com/clients/CACourts/" }, { "code": "Website", "description": "CSBA District and County Office of Education Legal Services", "url": "https://legalservices.csba.org/" } ] } ], "crossRefs": [ { "code": "4112.6", "title": "Personnel Files", "type": "AR" }, { "code": "4117.5", "title": "Termination Agreements", "type": "AR" } ], "attachments": [] }