SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBER CONFLICT OF INTEREST

A School Committee member shall not have any direct or indirect pecuniary interest (as defined by law) in a contract with the school unit.

In the event that a Committee member is employed by a corporation or business, which furnishes goods or services to the schools, the member shall declare his/her secondary interest and refrain from debating or voting upon the question of contracting with the company.

It is not the intent of this policy to prevent the school unit from contracting with corporations or businesses because a Committee member is an employee of the firm. The policy is designed to prevent the placing of Committee members in a position where their interest in public schools and their interest in their places of employment (or other indirect interest) might conflict, and to avoid appearances of conflict of interest even though such conflict may not exist.

A School Committee member may not, during the time the member serves on the Committee and for one year after the member ceases to serve on the Committee, be appointed to any civil office of profit or employment position which has been created or the compensation of which has been increased by the action of the School Committee during the time the member serves on the Committee.

No member of the School Committee or spouse of a member shall be employed as a full -time employee in any public school within the school department.

Legal Reference: TITLE 20A MRSA SEC. 1002 ET SEQ.; SEC. 1051 TITLE 17 MRSA SEC. 3104 ET SEQ. TITLE 30A MRSA SEC. 2251; SEC. 2604 ET SEQ.

Adopted: 4-10-98