The County Superintendent, by law, shall recommend for employment or reemployment all persons for the position of Superintendent in this District. This policy specifies the methods this Board of Education would prefer to be used in such an event.

The Board desires the best qualified and most capable candidate for the position of Superintendent of Schools. In order to achieve that end, the Board would prefer to aid the County Superintendent in this task through a committee of all members of this Board.

The following recruitment procedures shall be prepared by the Board in advance of the search to aid the County Superintendent:

The Board may request the State Board of Education to issue a one (1) year temporary education license to a proposed candidate for the superintendency providing the candidate is of good moral character and has earned at least a baccalaureate degree in finance or administration from an accredited institute of higher learning or has at least five (5) years of recent work experience in education, management, or administration.

Where feasible, the opportunity for applicants to visit the school(s) of the District should be open to all applicants. Each serious candidate for the position shall be interviewed by the Board in a format that encourages him/her to express his/her educational philosophy.

The County Superintendent shall recommend at least five (5) qualified candidates for the position.

The Board shall, by a majority vote of the full membership, appoint or reject a candidate recommended by the County Superintendent, except that three-fourths (3/4's) of the full membership of the Board, after considering two (2) nominations for the position of Superintendent made by the County Superintendent, may employ or reemploy a person not so nominated.

Any candidate's intentional misstatement of fact, material to his/her qualification for employment or the determination of his/her salary, shall be considered to constitute grounds for subsequent dismissal.

Any applicant under final consideration of employment with the Board must complete a DMA form with no positive indications that material assistance has been provided to a terrorist organization before working in the District (see Policy 8120).

Prior to employment, the candidate selected must also pass a background check performed by the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation and/or the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

R.C. 2909.34, 3319.01, 3313.18
A.C. 3301-23-19

Revised 6/15/98
Revised 1/10/07