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School City of Chicago board reviews employee handbook, timekeeping and reporting rules
Summary
Trustees and staff discussed proposed changes to the employee handbook covering arrests/convictions reporting, workplace misconduct, timekeeping and a new timekeeping and staff‑accountability policy including language about 'ghost payroll.' No formal vote occurred at the work session.
Trustees and district leaders spent a substantial portion of a public work session reviewing the School City of Chicago employee handbook and proposed timekeeping and accountability policy, focusing on how staff must report arrests or convictions and how the district will address timekeeping abuses. The board discussed whether reporting of arrests should go to the superintendent or remain at the building level, how quickly staff must report, and whether certain offenses should be categorized as immediate-termination offenses.
Board members said the reporting language…
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