Santa Clara County Grand Jury
• 2009-2010
School District Superintendent "Inspiring and Preparing for Success" Filed
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Findings and Recommendations 7 findings
F1
Internal applicants are given priority for vacancies over external applicants who may be better qualified for the job. "Agree"
No recommendations for this finding
F2
PAUSD requires teacher applicants to provide demonstration lesson prior to hiring to ensure that competency is the determinant actor in the selection process. "Agree"
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
Districts should adopt a practice requiring teacher candidates to demonstrate a lesson prior to hiring. School District Superintendent "Inspiring and Preparing for Success" "Response #4" Disagree with this practice being an adopted requirement. The practice is recommended when possible, and has been utilized in SJUSD. It is unreasonable to make this a requirement as hiring can occur at times when school is not in session, and in timelines that do not accommodate this practice.
F3
Twenty-two of32 districts have policies covering the hiring ofemployee and Board member relatives. "Agree"
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
That all districts have policies covering the hiring of relatives, including the disclosure of any familial relationships to the Board, to avoid the appearance of bias or favoritism in the recruitment and job assignment processes. "Response #4": SJUSD has Board Policy 4112.8 acknowledging the importance of taking actions that "preclude situations which could bring about a conflict of interest for members of the administrative staff'. This policy also limits the job assignment conditions addressed in
F4
Twenty-two ofthe 32 Districts do not permit employees to be placed in direct reporting relationships to their relatives. "Agree"
Related Recommendations (1)
R4
District listed should formulate and implement a policy prohibiting direct employee supervision of spouses and other relatives. "Response #1": SJUSD was not on this list. Board Policy 4112.8 adopted 9/20/2001 is responsive to this.
F5
Eighteen Districts allow the Superintendent to override the policy ofnot permitting relatives to be placed in direct reporting relationships to current employees on a case-by-case basis. "Disagree": SJUSD is on this list but Board Policy 4112.8 does not give the Superintendent authority to overturn the policy of not permitting relatives to be placed in direct reporting relationships to current employees on a case-by-case basis. The policy does allow the Superintendent to approve immediate family members to be employed in the same department. San Jose Unified Vincent Matthews, Ed.D. "Inspiring and Preparing for Success"
Related Recommendations (1)
R5
Boards should adopt policy of reviewing all Superintendent decisions that override the policy pertaining to the placement of related employees in direct reporting positions. "Response #4": This is not warranted as this is not permitted in SJUSD BP 4112.8. See above comment.
F6
Fourteen Districts are aware ofand/or document the number and names of related employees. SJUSD does not. "Agree"
Related Recommendations (1)
R6
Boards should implement a policy of identifying familial relationships and tracking such data. "Response #4": A policy and the tracking of data is not supported in this area. Implementing the regular practice of identifying familial relationships is acknowledged as a logical way to uphold Board Policy 4112.8 previously mentioned. Please see response to
F7
Only two districts ask about familial relationships on their job applications. "Agree"
Related Recommendations (1)
R7
All Boards should implement measures to identify familial relationships during the hiring process. Response 2: SJUSD is in the process of ensuring that all employment applications require the identification of relatives employed in the District in order to fully support Board Policy 4112.8. This will be completed by November 1,2010.
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