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It shall be the policy of the Board not to employ personnel to the staff of the school unit when the candidate is a member of the immediate family of a Board member or of the Superintendent. 

Without specific exception by the Board of Education, no person will be appointed, promoted, transferred, assigned, or otherwise employed in any position wherein, as a result he or she would supervise or receive supervision from a member of his or her immediate family.  For the purpose of this policy, “immediate family” means: spouse; grandparent; grandchild; parent, stepfather, father-in-law, step-mother, mother-in-law; child, stepson, son-in-law; or brother, half-brother, stepbrother, brother-in-law, sister, stepsister, sister-in-law, half-sister, daughter-in-law.

Immediate family, except spouses, employed by the school unit as of the date of policy adoption, will be excluded from this policy.

For the purpose of this policy, “supervise” means: the authority to recommend or approve the immediate family member’s: appointment; promotion; salary; evaluation; termination; or other similar personnel actions.

The superintendent of schools or his/her designee may investigate complaints of undue influence, favoritism, or other conflicts of interest involving school district employees who are immediate family members but who are not involved in any supervisory relationship.  The superintendent of schools or his/her designee may also investigate complaints of undue influence, favoritism, or other conflicts of interest due to the interpersonal, nonfamilial relationship of school district employees.

Legal Reference:           20-A MRSA Subsection 1002

Adopted:                      6/22/98

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