5260P Procedure - Personnel Records

The district shall maintain a personnel file for each of its staff members.

 

Any staff member has the right to examine and copy materials from and/or have copies made of his/her personnel file during regular business hours.

 

The superintendent or designee must be present when a staff member is given access to his/her personnel file in order to offer the staff member assistance and interpretation of material contained in the file.

 

The district shall establish a copy fee.

 

In addition to the superintendent and his/her designee, a member of the Board, when authorized through Board action, shall have access to staff personnel files.

 

Any person authorized by a valid court order shall have access to personnel files.

 

Principals and/or immediate supervisors may examine the files of staff employed in their building.

 

Any individual who has the written permission of a staff member may request to examine the staff member's records.

 

A personnel file may contain, but is not limited to, professional certificates, transcripts from colleges or universities, a record of previous employment, evaluations, professional assessment instruments, letters of recommendation, and copies of district contracts. All material in the personnel file must be related to the staff member's work, position, salary, or employment status in the district. A staff member may petition that the personnel office review all information in the personnel file. The personnel office shall determine if there is any irrelevant information and shall remove all such from the file. If the staff member does not concur with that material that remains, the staff member may file a statement of rebuttal or correction to be placed into the file.

 

A staff member has the right to submit a written statement of rebuttal relating to any material in his/her personnel file and have the written rebuttal placed within the file. A former staff member shall retain the right of rebuttal or correction for a period not to exceed two (2) years.

 

Date: 10/14/08