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Board reviews updated layoffs policy, legal edits to preserve board authority
Summary
Associate Superintendent Derek Hershey presented proposed updates to policy GBKA on reduction in force, saying legal counsel simplified language to preserve board authority and clarity on when layoffs could occur; Hershey recommended the changes sit for 30 days for feedback.
Derek Hershey, associate superintendent of human resources, presented proposed revisions to policy GBKA, which governs reductions in force for professional personnel. Hershey said the policy was last revised in 2012 and that attorneys suggested language changes to "simplify and modernize" the text while preserving the board’s authority and flexibility to respond to financial, operational, programmatic or organizational changes. "And so policy GBKA addresses the reduction in force or layoffs of professional personnel," he said.
Hershey recommended the proposed changes "sit for 30 days to receive any feedback." A board member noted that during prior statewide reductions Forsyth County avoided layoffs through local actions; Hershey and others clarified the county has not had a reduction in force in a long time but needs an up-to-date policy. The board agreed to let the proposed policy changes remain on the table for 30 days for further review and public comment.
