The first contract issued to an administrator may be for any period up to three (3) years. Likewise, upon re-employment, administrative contracts may be for any period up to three (3) years until such time as the administrator has completed three (3) years of administrative service. Once an administrator has served in the District for three (3) years or more, s/he must be given a contract of no less than two (2) years and not greater than five (5) years. However, the Board of Education may, on a one-time basis, and upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, issue a one-year contract to such person.

The Board shall only employ those candidates nominated by the Superintendent, unless otherwise authorized by law.

Any person employed as an assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, or other administrator shall possess a valid certificate/license issued pursuant to Ohio law and shall file a copy of his/her certificate/license with the District.

Relatives of Board members may be employed by the Board, provided the member of the Board does not participate in any way in the discussion or vote on the employment when such a conflict of interest is involved.

An individual who is related to [a] staff member[s] may be employed as an administrator by the Board provided the administrator is not placed in a position in which s/he will supervise directly the staff member to whom s/he is related.

Applications for employment as an administrator will not be accepted from any current Board member. If a Board member wishes to apply for a position on the administrative staff, his/her resignation must be accepted by the Board prior to submitting an application and the Board member must not use or attempt to use his/her official authority to secure the employment position.

The employment of administrative staff members prior to approval by the Board is authorized when their employment is required to maintain continuity in the educational program. Employment shall be recommended to the Board at the next regular meeting.

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.

The Superintendent may recommend and the Board may approve the reemployment of an administrative staff member at any regular or special meeting held during the period beginning on the first day of January of the calendar year immediately preceding the year of expiration of the employment contract and ending on the last day of March in the year the employment contract expires.

The Board may, by a three-fourth’s (3/4’s) majority vote of its full membership, reemploy an assistant superintendent, principal, assistant principal, or other administrator whom the Superintendent refuses to nominate.

If the Board fails to provide the evaluations as required by Board Policy 1530 or if the Board fails to provide, following the request of the administrator, a meeting for the purpose of discussing the Board’s reasons for considering renewal or non-renewal of the administrator’s contract, then the administrator shall be automatically reemployed at the same salary plus any increments that may be authorized by the Board, and the term of reemployment shall be one (1) year, unless the individual has been employed as an administrator by the District for three (3) years or more in which case the reemployment shall be for a term of two (2) years.

Furthermore, an administrator shall be deemed reemployed upon expiration of his/her contract term unless the administrator notifies the Board to the contrary on or before the first day of June, or unless the Board either reemploys the administrator for a succeeding term or gives written notice of its intent not to reemploy the administrator on or before the last day of March in the year in which said contract expires. In such instances, the reemployment shall be at the same salary plus any increments that may be authorized by the Board, and the term of reemployment shall be one (1) year, unless the individual has been employed as an administrator by the District for three (3) years or more in which case the reemployment shall be for a term of two (2) years.

Any administrator’s misstatement of fact material to qualifications for employment or reemployment, or to the determination of salary, shall be considered by this Board to constitute grounds for dismissal.

All administrators shall become familiar with the policies of the Board and other such guidelines, regulations, memoranda, bulletins, and handbooks that pertain to their duties in the District. Any administrator employed by the Board who shall be guilty of any willful violation of the policies of the Board shall be guilty of gross insubordination and shall be subject to dismissal or such lesser penalty as the Board may prescribe.

The Superintendent shall prepare administrative guidelines for the recruitment and selection of administrative staff.

R.C. 2909.34, 3319.01, 3319.02, 3319.07, 3319.16, 3319.17, 3319.171, 3319.225
R.C. 3319.27, 3319.36