In order to secure quality personnel, the district shall maintain an effective recruitment program based upon alertness to good candidates, initiative that results in prompt action, and good personnel practices in dealing with applicants.
The Superintendent or designee shall determine the personnel needs of the district. He/she shall develop and implement procedures for the recruitment, selection and recommendation of suitable candidates to the Governing Board for employment.
All employees of the school district shall be appointed only upon the recommendation of the Superintendent. Should a person nominated by the Superintendent be rejected by the Board, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent to make another nomination.
No inquiry shall be made with regard to the age, race, color, religion, sex or national origin of persons proposed for or seeking employment. Questions regarding handicap shall be asked only when directly related to the job.
(cf. 4111.1/4211.1 - Affirmative Action)
District employment practices shall not discriminate against authorized aliens. Legally-required inquiries to assure employment eligibility status shall be made in accordance with Board policy and administrative regulation.
(cf. 4111.2/4211.2/4311.2 - Legal Status Requirement)
The Superintendent shall ensure that persons nominated for employment meet all qualifications established by law and by the Board.
(cf. 4112.4/4212.4/4312.4 - Health Examinations)
Any employee's misstatements of fact material to qualifying for employment or the determination of salary shall be considered by the Board to constitute grounds for dismissal.
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
200-261 Prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex
44066 Limitations on certification requirements
45103-45138 Employment (classified employees)
49406 Examination for tuberculosis
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
30-31 Affirmative Action Employment Programs
LABOR CODE
l420 Unlawful employment practices
TITLE VII, Civil Rights Act as amended by Title IX, Equal Employment Opportunity Act
IMMIGRATION REFORM AND CONTROL ACT OF 1986
Policy STANDARD SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: September 29, 1988 Bakersfield, California