FILE: GBD

EMPLOYMENT

The Superintendent shall nominate in writing for appointment by the Board all employees of the Board and shall assign them to their positions, transfer them as the needs of the school system require, recommend them for promotion, suspend them for cause and recommend them for dismissal, subject to the provisions of the Alabama Code.

Race, sex, creed, or national ancestry shall not be considered in appointment, assignment, promotion, salary determination, or other terms of employment by the Auburn City School System. The process of staff selection or promotion in the school system shall be free from pressures considered detrimental to the best conduct of the public schools.

All persons nominated for teaching or supervisory positions shall hold valid certificates issued by the State Board of Education.

Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, the Board shall employ such professional, clerical, accounting and statistical assistants as in the judgment of the Board are necessary.

The Superintendent shall recommend employment of one or more attendance officers, subject to the rules of the Board, and shall see to it that the provisions of the law for school attendance are enforced.

ADOPTED: August 13, 2002

LEGAL REF: Code of Alabama 16-12-16; 16-12-18; 16-12-19; 16-24-3; 16-24-

5; 16-24-8; 36-26-101; 36-26-102; 36-26-107; 36-26-108