Committee directs admin to craft language allowing limited rescission of resignations

The governance committee on Sept. 25 reviewed policy language that currently states a resignation “presented to and accepted by the superintendent or designated may not be withdrawn by the employee.” Administrators told the committee that current practice sometimes allows employees to rescind resignations on a limited, space-available basis and recommended aligning policy with practice.

A staff member described situations in which an employee changed their mind within months of resigning and the district permitted a rescission when the position had not been staffed or otherwise changed. The staff member suggested the policy’s absolute prohibition is out of alignment with practice and asked whether the committee wanted to remove the line or add qualifying management-approval language.

Several board members said they valued the district’s ability to control staffing and to deny a late rescission when recruitment or staffing had already proceeded. One board member proposed retaining the prohibition but adding the qualifier “without the superintendent’s or designee’s approval.” After discussion the committee agreed administration would draft a brief qualifying sentence to permit rescission where the superintendent or designee approves it on a limited, space-available basis.

Action and next steps: administration will draft revised language, share it with the governance chair and Member Holloman, and — if minor — forward it directly to the full-board agenda for adoption.