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Board grants background-check waivers for multiple employees and renews six waivers
Summary
In open personnel hearings the board granted background-check waivers: Option 3 waivers (approval with reapplication) for Charlene Jackson and Carolyn Nolley due to application irregularities and Option 1 waiver for Dion Hayes (disclosed offense); the board also approved five-year renewals for six current employees as a routine regulatory matter.
During the Dec. 19 meeting the board conducted open background-check personnel hearings under Arkansas Code 6-17-414 and acted on multiple waiver requests.
Administration presented personnel folders and recommended options based on the board’s decision guide. For Charlene Jackson the administration recommended Option 3 (waiver but must reapply due to application irregularities); Jackson told the board the offense dated to 2010, described it as a mistake and said she has worked since. The board approved the administration’s recommendation by voice vote.
For Carolyn Nolley the administration also recommended Option 3 and the board approved the waiver with the condition that she reapply for employment possibilities due to falsification irregularities noted in the application packet. For Dion Hayes (who disclosed the underlying offense on his application and is currently employed as a district transportation driver), the administration recommended and the board approved Option 1 — granting the waiver without requiring reapplication because Hayes had disclosed the record. Finally, the board approved renewal resolutions for six existing employees whose earlier waivers require five-year renewals under updated regulatory guidance; administration described these renewals as routine and the employees remain in continuous service.
All motions on waivers and renewals carried unanimously during the hearing. The board president authorized administration to prepare the appropriate written resolutions for signatures and to submit required documentation to the state Department of Education.
What’s next: Administration will prepare and deliver the written resolutions to the Department of Education and integrate any re-application processes required under Option 3 before placing employees in roles that require final HR clearance.
