4112.8P Nepotism (1)

CABE-SUGGESTED POLICY LANGUAGE UPDATE
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                                                                                       PERSONNEL

                                            NEPOTISM

The Board of Education, in order to avoid both the reality and the appearance of conflict of
interest in employment, will not appoint a member of the immediate family of a Board
member, nor of an administrator, to any employment position in this school system.

For the purpose of this policy, a member of the immediate family means the mother, father,
grandmother, grandfather, or a grandchild of the Board member or administrator, or of the
spouse of the Board member or administrator, and the spouse, son, son-in-law, daughter,
daughter-in-law, brother, sister, or any relative living in the immediate household of the Board
member or administrator.


It is the policy of the Board of Education that individuals shall not be appointed to any full-time,
part-time or temporary position which would create a supervisor/employee relationship within
any one department between two individuals who are related by blood, marriage, civil union or
law.

As used in this policy, the word “Department” shall mean and include those levels of
organization under the Superintendent’s office into which the various structural areas of
operation of the school district are divided.

In the event of marriage or civil union between employees of the District, creating a
relationship which violates this policy, one of the persons affected must transfer to a location
compatible with policy provisions, or in cases of refusal to transfer, be terminated from that
location by the end of the school/fiscal year or within six months from the date the relationship
was established, whichever is the greater period.

The degrees of relationship included in the above restrictions are as follows:




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        By Blood:   Parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt,
        nephew, niece, first cousin.

        By Marriage: Husband, wife, stepparent, stepchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
        sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, half-sister, half-brother,
        uncle, aunt, nephew, niece.

        By Law:         Guardianship relationships, adoptive parent/child relationships, partner
        in a civil union, same-sex marriage.

In the appointment and selection of new employees, the District shall adhere to this policy. All
current supervisor/employee relationships established prior to the adoption of this policy will
not be affected by this policy so long as they remain in present assignments.

A Board member shall not vote ​and shall recuse themselves​ on any action of the Board, which
will directly affect a member of the immediate family of the member.

Legal Reference:      Connecticut General Statutes

                      7-479 Conflicts of Interest
                      46b-38nn Equality of benefits, protections and responsibilities (civil
                      unions)
                      46b-38oo applicability of statutes to civil unions and parties to a civil
                      union.
                      United States v. Windsor​, U.S. 133 S. Ct. 2675 (2013)


Policy adopted:       September 11, 2001
Policy revised:       June 8, 2004
Policy Revised:               January 12, 2021

COLCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Colchester, Connecticut




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