Selection of School Associate Superintendents

The position will be posted and applicants will undergo an internal screening process.

The Human Resources Division schedules interviews and invites stakeholders to participate, including:

• At least one, but not more than two representatives of the principals of the local school precincts overseen by the vacant position must be allowed to participate in interviewing candidates for the vacant position.

• A representative appointed by the governing body of a city or county within which most of the schools that are overseen by the vacant position are located.

A Human Resources Division leader will ensure that each person who participates in interviewing candidates is aware of and complies with all laws that apply to an employer when making a decision about employment

The Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, and Region Superintendent (if applicable), will interview the candidate finalists.

Before the superintendent makes a final determination about which candidate to hire, the superintendent notifies the governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners for the county, as applicable, regarding the candidate whom the superintendent intends to hire.

After receiving such notice, the governing body of the city or the board of county commissioners, as applicable, may hold a public meeting within 10 days to question the superintendent and the candidate for the vacant position and receive public input. After any such meeting or, if no such meeting is held, after 10 days, the superintendent shall, in his or her sole discretion, hire a candidate for the vacant position.