File: GAG
West Chester Area
School District
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GENERAL SECTION
NEPOTISM
09/27/93
GAG-NEPOTISM
1. Purpose
The object of this policy is to prevent nepotism in hiring of school employees.
The hiring of a school employee closely related to a member of the School
Board, commissioned officer, professional employee or other management
team employee justifiably arouses public suspicion that the employee was
hired on the basis of relationship rather than merit. It is also the purpose of this
policy to (a) discourage favoritism, (b) prevent disciplinary problems, and (c)
inhibit personal cliques, while still allowing the district to employ the best
available candidate for administrative, professional or classified positions.
2. Definition
“Commissioned Officer” means any district Superintendent, district Assistant
Superintendent or other commissioned officer of the school district.
“Management Team Employee” means any Assistant to the Superintendent,
Director, Curriculum Supervisor, Principal or Assistant Principal not included
within the definitions of Commissioned Officer.
“School Director” shall mean any person which is elected or appointed as a
director of the school district.
“Relative” means a parent, foster parent, parent-in-law, child, spouse, brother,
foster brother, sister, foster sister, grandparent, grandchild, brother-in-law,
sister-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law.
3. Guidelines
No applicant for full time, regular, continuous employment who is a relative of
any school director, commissioned officer, or management team employee
shall be employed by the school district.
No applicant for full time, regular employment who would come under the
direct or indirect authority or supervision of a relative, as defined herein, shall
be employed by the district.
No employee of the school district shall be retained in any position where the
employee has direct supervisory responsibility for, or is supervised by, a
relative. The policy established by this provision shall be effected by
reassigning the supervised, or supervisory employee.
No member of the Board, officer, or employee shall have an interest, direct or
indirect, in any contract with the school system with which she/he is affiliated
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unless such interest in specifically permitted by statute. “Interest” shall mean
pecuniary or material benefit accruing to a Board member, officer, or
employee resulting from a contractual relationship with the school system.
This policy revised to put in new format 8/02.
West Chester Area School District, West Chester, Pa
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