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"code": "4312.8",
"title": "Employment Of Relatives",
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"contentHtml": "\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\nAdministrative and Supervisory Personnel \n \nThe Governing Board desires to maximize staff and community confidence in district hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions by promoting practices that are free of conflicts of interest or the appearance of impropriety. \n \nThe Governing Board prohibits the appointment of any person to a position for which their relative maintains management, supervisory, evaluation, or promotion responsibilities and prohibits an employee from participating in any decision that singularly applies to any of his/her relatives. \n \nFor purposes of this policy, “relative” includes the individual's spouse, domestic partner, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and the similar family of the individual's spouse or domestic partner. \n \nIn addition, the Superintendent or designee may determine, on a case-by-case basis, whether to appoint a person to a position in the same department or facility as an employee with whom they maintain a personal relationship when that relationship has the potential to create (1) an adverse impact on supervision, safety, security, or morale of other district employees or (2) a conflict of interest for the individuals involved which is greater because of the their relationship than it would be for another person. \n \nAn employee shall notify their supervisor within 30 days of any change in their circumstances that may constitute a violation of this policy. \n \n\n",
"contentText": "Administrative and Supervisory Personnel\n\nThe Governing Board desires to maximize staff and community confidence in district hiring, promotion, and other employment decisions by promoting practices that are free of conflicts of interest or the appearance of impropriety. \n\nThe Governing Board prohibits the appointment of any person to a position for which their relative maintains management, supervisory, evaluation, or promotion responsibilities and prohibits an employee from participating in any decision that singularly applies to any of his/her relatives.\n\nFor purposes of this policy, \"relative\" includes the individual's spouse, domestic partner, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and the similar family of the individual's spouse or domestic partner.\n\nIn addition, the Superintendent or designee may determine, on a case-by-case basis, whether to appoint a person to a position in the same department or facility as an employee with whom they maintain a personal relationship when that relationship has the potential to create (1) an adverse impact on supervision, safety, security, or morale of other district employees or (2) a conflict of interest for the individuals involved which is greater because of the their relationship than it would be for another person.\n\nAn employee shall notify their supervisor within 30 days of any change in their circumstances that may constitute a violation of this policy.",
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"code": "2 CCR 7292.0-7292.6",
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"code": "Ed. Code 35107",
"description": "School district employees",
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"code": "Fam. Code 297-297.5",
"description": "Rights, protections, benefits under the law; registered domestic partners",
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"code": "Gov. Code 1090-1098",
"description": "Prohibitions applicable to specified officers",
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"code": "Gov. Code 12940",
"description": "Unlawful discriminatory employment practices",
"url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=12940."
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