11.9 Conflict of Interest (Employment and/or Assignment of Relatives)

Employment of any person who is a close relative of any member of the Board of Education or of the Superintendent of Schools shall not be considered.

Definition of relative concerning Board of Education members is as specified in Oklahoma Statutes, to the third degree of relationship.

A close relative, for administrative or supervisory employees, shall be defined as including the mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, or grandchild of the employee, or of the spouse of the employee; and, the spouse, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law.

No relative of an employee of the school district will be shown preference for employment in either a temporary or permanent position.

No employee will be placed in any position wherein direct administrative or supervisory authority is exercised by a close relative, or by any other relative residing in the same household.
Employees who are husband and wife, brothers and/or sisters, father and child, mother and child, or similar close relatives shall not be assigned to work in the same building or department in which the relatives would be required to work in close daily contact.

The provisions of this personnel procedure may be waived by written authorization of the Superintendent of Schools when the assignment or placement of both relatives is of such a nature that no reasonable alternatives are available. The Superintendent of Schools shall advise the Board of Education of any authorized exception to personnel procedure.

The Superintendent of Schools shall provide an annual report to the Board of Education which indicates names, assignments and status of employees for whom exceptions were approved in previous years. The report shall be reviewed each summer, prior to the start of each school year.

Source: Broken Arrow Board of Education policy adoption, March 18, 1985; amended, September6, 1990.