EMPLOYMENT OF FAMILY MEMBERS
The Oologah-Talala Board of Education concurs with and supports the public policy stated in Oklahoma Statutes limiting the employment of individuals related to members of the board of education. See policy BAAB. In addition, the board believes that the employment of individuals related by blood or marriage to persons holding administrative positions, and the employment of related individuals to work in the same building and administrative department in the district creates similar possibilities for conflicts of interest, favoritism, and disruption of the efficient and impartial administration of school business. Therefore, the board has determined it is in the best interest to adopt the following:
• No new assignments will be made that places one member of a family in direct supervisory or evaluative relationship with another member of his/her immediate family.
• Nothing in the policy shall be construed to prevent an existing staff member from being promoted to an administrative position, which would place him/her in a direct supervisory or evaluative relationship with another member of the immediate family. However, a transfer of the other family member will be made by the board of education as soon as possible.
• “Family member” means individuals related within the second degree of consanguinity or affinity. Degrees of relationship shall be determined as provided by Oklahoma law.
• Family members related to certified or classified administrators will not be employed in the same department or in the same building. They may be employed in other departments or other division positions, including teaching positions.
• The school district will make a concerted effort to refrain from employing members of the same family as employees assigned to the same building or same department.
• Current employees who are family members and whose work assignments do not conform to these regulations may be reassigned and may be considered feasible by the administration. No current employee will be terminated because of such nonconformity with these regulations or because reassignment was not feasible.
• Employment of individuals who are directly related to school district administrators, both classified and certified, will be placed on the school board meeting agenda as individual action items.
Adoption Date: June 13, 2022 Revision Date(s): Page 1 of 1
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