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Catawba County Schools tables proposed employee conflict-of-interest policy changes
Summary
Board members asked for more time and unanimously voted to table proposed revisions to policy 7.17, which would narrow a broad immediate-family restriction and add an exception for board-approved educational or medical vendor contracts; administrators said the existing language had unintentionally limited in-county vendor use.
The Catawba County Board of Education on July 28 tabled proposed amendments to its employee conflict-of-interest policy (policy 7.17) after administrators and board members discussed potential unintended consequences.
Administration presented changes intended to align the district policy more closely with the North Carolina School Boards Association model and to clarify when employees may have a financial interest in vendor relationships. Crystal Davis and other administrators said the…
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