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Board adopts amended DC(LOCAL) policy to clarify superintendent hiring authority
Summary
Trustees removed DC(LOCAL) from consent, amended and adopted language clarifying delegation of hiring recommendations while the Board retains final authority for campus principals and director-level positions.
The Board debated and approved an amended version of Policy DC(LOCAL) Employment Practices after removing it from the consent agenda for separate consideration.
Human Resources Director and Assistant Superintendent David Kauffman presented the proposed revision to delegate final hiring authority for contractual personnel below the campus principal level to the Superintendent, citing delays in offering contracts that could cause Navarro ISD to lose candidates. After discussion, Board President Melissa Sartain read the amended language into the record: “The Superintendent has sole authority to make recommendations to the Board regarding the selection of contractual personnel for the position of campus principal and for district-level administratiors at the director level and above. The Board retains final authority for employment of contractual personnel for the position of campus principal and for districy-level administrators at the director level and above. The Superintendent shall inform the Board ogf any person hired under this authority.”
Trustee Lacey Gosch moved to accept the amended policy language for Consent Item 11.D; Dan Reinhard seconded and the motion carried 7-0. The Board then voted to adopt the policy change as presented, also 7-0.
The amended language clarifies that the Superintendent retains recommendation authority for certain positions and that the Board retains final hiring authority for campus principals and director-level administrators; the Superintendent must notify the Board of hires made under delegated authority.
