(a) The employment of professional personnel shall be made by the board only upon nomination and recommendation of the superintendent, subject to the following: (1) The superintendent shall provide the principal at the school at which the professional educator or paraprofessional employee is to be employed an opportunity to interview all qualified applicants and make […]
In case a medical or physical examination of any school board employee or qualified applicant who becomes an employee of the board for any school position is required by a Board of Education or by any administrator, department or agency of government which has authority to require such examination, the cost shall be paid in […]
If an employee shall appeal to a circuit court an adverse decision of either a county board of education or of a hearing examiner rendered in a grievance or other proceeding pursuant to provisions of chapters eighteen and eighteen-a of this code and such person shall substantially prevail, the adverse party or parties shall be […]
(a) The state board shall adopt a written system for the evaluation of the employment performance of personnel, which system shall be applied uniformly by county boards in the evaluation of the employment performance of personnel employed by the board. (b) The system adopted by the state board for evaluating the employment performance of professional […]
(a) The Legislature makes the following findings: (1) The effective and efficient operation of the public schools depends upon the development of harmonious and cooperative relationships between county boards and school personnel;
The following guidelines are optional guidelines that county boards may use when scheduling full-day and half-day cooks: Number ofNumber ofAverage Number of MealsCooksMeals Served Per Cook's Hours Worked 1-90112.00 91-1351.512.00 136-180212.00 181-2252.512.00 226-270312.00 271-3153.512.00 316-360412.00 361-4054.512.00 406-450512.00 451-4955.512.00 496-540612.00 541-5856.512.00 586-630712.00 631-6757.512.00 676-720812.00 721-7658.512.00 766-810912.00 811-8559.512.00 856-9001012.00 A meal prepared for a school lunch shall […]
A county board shall reimburse any school personnel for each mile traveled when the employee is required to use a personal motor vehicle in the course of employment. The county board shall reimburse at the same rate for all employees in that county. The rate of reimbursement shall be at least the lesser of, and […]
(a) The legislature finds that recruiting and retaining bus operators, including substitute bus operators, is a substantial challenge for county boards of education. Accordingly, county boards of education are hereby permitted to establish locally funded recruitment and training programs for prospective bus operators in accordance with this section. (b) County board funded recruitment and training […]
A county board is authorized to employ athletic directors to work in the public schools under the supervision of a school principal and in accordance with the rules of the county board. (a) The athletic director is responsible for planning, management, operation and evaluation of the athletic program for the school or schools to which […]
(a) Before entering upon their duties, all teachers shall execute a contract with their county boards, which shall state the salary to be paid and shall be in the form prescribed by the state superintendent. Each contract shall be signed by the teacher and by the president and secretary of the county board and shall […]
(a) Any teacher who is returning from an approved leave of absence that extended for a period of one year or less shall be reemployed by the county board with the right to be restored to the same assignment of position or duties held prior to the approved leave of absence. Such teacher shall retain […]
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, the county superintendent, subject to approval of the county board, may employ prospective teachers and other professional personnel each year who will be placed in positions and begin regular employment in the next ensuing school year. The intent of this section is to enable […]
(a) The county superintendent, subject to approval of the county board, may employ and assign substitute teachers to any of the following duties: (1) Fill the temporary absence of any teacher or an unexpired school term made vacant by resignation, death, suspension or dismissal;
(a) If a commercial drivers license is required as a condition of employment for any school employee or qualified applicant who becomes an employee by a county board the cost is paid in full by the county board. A county board may not require any employee or applicant who becomes an employee of the board […]
The board is authorized to employ such service personnel, including substitutes, as is deemed necessary for meeting the needs of the county school system: Provided, That the board may not employ a number of such personnel whose minimum monthly salary under section eight-a, article four, of this chapter is specified as pay grade “H”, which […]
Each county board is authorized to pay, entirely from local funds, $500 or less to any service employee, or to any professional employee who is not a classroom teacher, who gives written notice to the county board on or before March 1 of the school year of his or her retirement from employment with the […]
After three years of acceptable employment, each service person who enters into a new contract of employment with the board shall be granted continuing contract status. A service person holding continuing contract status with one county shall be granted continuing contract status with any other county upon completion of one year of acceptable employment if […]
In the assignment of position or duties of a service person under a continuing contract, the board may provide for released time of a service person for any special professional or governmental assignment without jeopardizing the contractual rights of such service or any other rights, privileges or benefits under the provisions of this chapter. Released […]
(a) The superintendent, subject only to approval of the board, may assign, transfer, promote, demote or suspend school personnel and recommend their dismissal pursuant to provisions of this chapter. However, an employee shall be notified in writing by the superintendent on or before April 1 if he or she is being considered for transfer or […]
(a) The state board shall establish and maintain a statewide job bank to assist the recruitment and reemployment of experienced professional, service and extracurricular personnel. The job bank shall consist of the following for each county: (1) A list of the names, qualifications, and contact information of all professional, service, and extracurricular personnel who have […]
