4112.8 - 4212.8 - Nepotism - Employment of Relatives

Personnel - Certified and Non-Certified

4112.8/4212.8 - Nepotism: Employment of Relatives

It is the policy of the Board of Education (Board) that individuals shall not be appointed to any full-time, part-time or temporary position which would create a supervisor/employee relationship within any one department between two individuals who are related by blood, marriage or law.

*The term "marriage" includes a same-sex marriage that is legally recognized in Connecticut.

As used in this policy, the word "Department" shall mean and include those levels of organization under the Superintendent's office into which the various structural areas of operation of the school district are divided.

In the event a marriage between employees of the District creates a relationship which violates this policy, one of the persons affected must transfer to a location compatible with policy provisions, or in cases of refusal to transfer, be terminated from that location by the end of the school/fiscal year or within six months from the date the relationship was established, whichever is the greater period.

The degrees of relationship included in the above restrictions are as follows:

By Blood: Parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, first cousin.

By Marriage: Husband, wife, stepparent, stepchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, half-sister, half-brother, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece.

By Law: Guardianship relationships, adoptive parent/child relationships.

In the appointment and selection of new employees, the District shall adhere to this policy. All current supervisor/employee relationships established prior to the adoption of this policy will not be affected by this policy so long as they remain in present assignments.

(cf. 9270 - Conflict of Interest)

Legal Reference:

Connecticut General Statutes

7-479 Conflicts of Interest

46b-38oo applicability of statutes to civil unions and parties to a civil union

Policy Adopted: September 1995

Revised: October 2018