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Barre Town Supervisory
District Policy Manual
TITLE: Staff
Ethics/Conflict of Interest CODE: GBEA
Standard
No elected officials, appointed persons,
or employees of the school district will enter into or promote any
transactions or business which are in conflict with the goals and daily
operations of the school or with their responsibilities as defined in
their job descriptions.
Staff Ethics/Conflict of Interest
Employees of the school district will not
engage in any activity that conflicts, or raises a reasonable question
of conflict, with their responsibilities in the school system. More
specifically, employees will not:
- Use institutional privileges for
private gain.
- Solicit or receive compensation,
other than that allowed by law, for performance of his/her duties.
This precludes, among other things, acceptance of any gratuities,
gifts, or favors that might impair or appear to impair professional
judgment; and any personal dealings with any individual or entity
with whom he/she, on behalf of the board, has any direct or indirect
contact for purposes of obtaining from such individual or entity,
noncompetitive contracts, services, or materials.
- Knowingly authorize or employ the
authority or influence of his/her office to secure authorization of
any public contract in which he/she, a member of his/her family, or
any of his/her business associates has an interest.
- Offer any favor, service, or thing
of value to obtain special advantage.
- Permit commercial exploitation of
his/her professional position.
- Engage in selling any of the
following merchandise or services for personal profit to students or
parents in the attendance area served by the schools in which they
work: instructional supplies and equipment; reference books;
educational tours.
- Furnish lists of students or parents
to anyone selling such materials or services.
Employees will use time granted for
leave, planning and workshops for the purpose for which it is intended.
In order that there be no conflict of interest in the supervision and
evaluation of employees, at no time may any administrator directly
responsible for the supervision and/or evaluation of any employee be
directly related to him or her.
It is hereby the policy of the board that
no employee of the district will compromise confidential information.
The policy affects all employees of the district who come in contact
with confidential information, regardless of whether they have or have
not the status of confidential employees.
(FERPA language will be added to Confidentiality policy GBJA to replace
this information)
Date Adopted:
1st Reading: May 17, 2006
Date Effective: June 7, 2006
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