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401.6 LIMITATIONS TO EMPLOYMENT REFERENCES

The district believes in taking appropriate measures to promote the health and welfare of all students.  Any school employee, contractor, or agent shall not assist another school employee, contractor, or agent in obtaining a new job, apart from the routine transmission of administrative personnel files if the individual or agency knows, or has probably cause to believe, that such school employee, contractor, or agent engged in sexual misconduct regarding a minor ro student in violation of the law.

This limitation does not apply if the matter has been properly reported to law enforcement and any other regulatory authorities required by law, and either:

     • the matter has been officially closed by the law enforcement agency

     • the individual is acquitted or otherwise exonerated of the alleged misconduct or

     • more than four years has passed since the case was opened, and no charges or indictment have been filed.

 

Legal References: 

     20 USC 7926

     281 IAC 12.3(14)

 

Approved  November 2020

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