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Board questions hiring practices and reference checks as civil‑service rules shift
Summary
District human‑resources staff reviewed civil‑service hiring steps, a new provisional 'HELPS' program and committee interview procedures; board members pressed administration about validating prior employers and legal liability for reference checks.
District HR staff briefed the Iroquois Central School District board on hiring procedures and a recently available provisional program for civil‑service positions, prompting a board discussion about reference checks and legal liability.
HR described the standard civil‑service process: internal postings, canvassing the civil‑service list and selecting from the top three scores, or “breaking the list” and…
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