The Board of Education recognizes that it is vital to the successful operation of the District that positions created by the Board be filled with qualified and competent support staff.

The Superintendent shall approve the employment, and also, when not covered by the terms of a negotiated, collectively-bargained agreement, fix the compensation, and establish the term of employment for each support staff member employed by this District within budget parameters.

Individuals employed in the following categories shall be considered members of the support staff: Secretarial/Paraprofessional; Transportation; Custodial/Maintenance; Food Service; Program Support; Child Care; Supervisors/Managers/Coordinators.

All support staff are subject to a criminal history record check. See Policy 4121.

All applications for employment shall be referred to the Human Resources Office.

Relatives of Board members may be employed by the District.

Relatives of staff members may be employed by the District, provided the staff member being employed is not placed in a position in which s/he would be supervised directly by the relative staff member. Relative is defined as spouse, parent, daughter, son, aunt, uncle, niece, and nephew.

Any support staff member's intentional misstatement of fact material or omission material to his/her qualifications for employment or the determination of salary shall be considered by this Board to constitute grounds for dismissal.

Prior to hiring an applicant, the Superintendent shall obtain from the applicant a signed "Unprofessional Conduct Check and Release" and shall obtain from the applicant's current or immediately-previous employer any records, including the applicant's personnel file relating to unprofessional conduct in which the applicant engaged. Any such records are to be reviewed prior to a recommendation for employment and may be disclosed to those individuals directly involved in evaluating the applicant's qualifications.

The Superintendent shall prepare procedures for the recruitment and selection of all support staff, if needed.

M.C.L.A. 37.2101 et seq., 380.1230

Revised 2/2/06
Revised 8/3/06