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Policy Title: Staff Conflict of Interest
Policy Code: GBEAA
Lead Department: Human Resources
Employment of Close Relatives
No person employed by the District may be directly supervised
by a close relative or domestic partner including:
- father, father-in-law,
- mother, mother-in-law,
- son, son-in-law,
- daughter, daughter-in-law,
- sister, sister-in-law,
- brother, brother-in-law,
- step children, step parents,
- spouse, former spouse
This policy will apply for summer, independent contracts,
temporary, hourly or part-time work as well as for full-time
employment.
A dependent of a Board member (a person more than half of
whose support is obtained from a Board member) cannot be hired
in the District except by consent of the Board. The District
cannot employ the spouse of a Board member.
Business Relations
Any employee who has, or whose relative has, a substantial
interest in any decision of the District shall make known
this interest in the official records of the District, and
shall refrain from participating in any manner as an employee
in such a decision.
Employees will not engage in any type of work where the source
of information concerning customer, client, or employer originates
from information obtained through the School District, except
when permitted by state law and the Governing Board.
Employees will not participate for financial remuneration
in outside activities wherein their position on the staff
is used to sell goods or services to students or their parents/guardians,
except when permitted by the Governing Board.
Employees who have patented or copyrighted any device, publication
or other item will not receive royalties for use of such item
in the District Schools.
Vendor Relations
No employee of the District will accept gifts from any person,
group, or entity doing, or desiring to do, business with the
District. The acceptance of any business-related gratuity
is specifically prohibited, except for widely distributed
advertising items of nominal value. Decision-makers must avoid
accepting meals / gifts from any potential vendor. Gifts in
association with the procurement process shall be prohibited.
Any perception of improper influence in the procurement process
shall be avoided.
This policy should not be construed to deem unacceptable
inexpensive novelty advertising items of general distribution.
Token gifts for general consumption are acceptable under this
policy.
Purchasing for Personal Use
No employee may purchase goods or services for personal use
in the name of Tucson Unified School District.
Selling
No employee may sell goods or services for private gain to
students or other employees on school premises.
Tutoring
Tutoring will be taken to mean any instruction of an individual
student by an individual teacher as a supplement to regular
classroom instruction.
Restriction – No teacher shall be permitted to receive
pay or gifts directly or indirectly for the private tutoring
of any student currently enrolled in any class that he or
she teaches or on a current Exceptional Education caseload.
Any exception of this regulation shall require the specific
written authorization of the Superintendent.
School facilities shall not be used for private tutoring
for pay. In general, the practice violates the principle that
public facilities shall not be used for private gain.
Although the Governing Board exercises no jurisdiction over
the practice of private, off-campus tutoring, it nevertheless
takes the position that such tutoring is justified only when
it is done to help students make up work missed through long
absence from school and that such other tutoring as may be
needed from time to time should be provided at school, by
regular teachers, and without cost to the student.
Solicitation
No employee may use his/her position with the District to
solicit, directly or indirectly, the purchase of supplies,
services or equipment at special discounts for private use
from any school district vendor. It is understood that the
Superintendent, or designee, may solicit or accept discounts
for groups of employees.
Solicitation during working hours of employees either for
contributions or membership drives must be approved by the
Superintendent before made in the schools.
Adopted: October 5, 2004
Revision: July 24, 2007
Legal Ref.A.R.S.15-323
15-421
15-502
38-481
38-501etseq. 38-503
Cross Ref: BCB - Board Member Conflict of Interest
Replaces TUSD Policy # 4350-Conflict of Interest
4050-Nepotism
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