06.49 EMPLOYMENT OF FAMILY MEMBERS

The board of education concurs with and supports the public policy stated in OKLA. STAT. tit. 70 §§ 5-113 and 113.1, limiting the employment of individuals related to members of the board of education.

The board believes that the employment of individuals related by blood or marriage to current employees creates possibilities for conflicts of interest, favoritism or the appearance of favoritism, and disruption of the efficient and impartial administration of technology center business resulting from family conflicts.

Therefore, the board has determined that it is in the best interest of the technology center to adopt the following employment regulations:

1. Current employees who are family members and whose work assignments do not conform to these regulations may be reassigned as may be considered feasible by the administration. No current employee will be terminated because of such nonconformity with these regulations or because reassignment was not feasible.
2. "Family members" means individuals related within the third degree by consanguinity or affinity. Degrees of relationship shall be determined as provided by OKLA. STAT. tit. 84, §§ 217-221.
3. The technology center shall not employ any family member of a current technology center employee if (a) one family member would, directly or indirectly, supervise or have disciplinary authority over another family member or (b) if one family member would evaluate another family member or (c) if the hiring of family members could result in a conflict of interest with existing vendors of the technology center.