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5. Any hearing conducted under this Section will be conducted by a majority of members of
the Board. The hearing will be held in executive session unless the Board, the teacher, and
the Association agree to hold the hearing in public. The Board's decision will be reduced to
writing and issued within ten (10) calendar days of the date of the hearing.
6. This Section expressly supersedes Ohio Revised Code 3319.11(G).
7. The Court of Appeals hearing portion of Ohio Revised Code 3319.11 for non-renewal
will be the final recourse for bargaining unit members.
403 PERSONNEL FILES (P.N. 2006)
A. Location and Maintenance
The official personnel file for all teachers shall be kept and administered by the Superintendent.
Information contained in any other file may not be used.
B. Content of Personnel Files
The official personnel file of all teachers of the District shall contain the following:
1. Application for employment;
2. Transcripts of training and education records;
3. Copies of certificates and/or licenses;
4. Copies of evaluations of the teacher performance as made by the supervisory personnel;
5. Teacher response to the evaluation;
6. Any correspondence relating to the teacher; and/or
7. Teacher response to any correspondence as stated in Section 403/B6, above.
Note: Confidential pre-employment references shall be kept in a separate file not accessible to
anyone.
C. Each teacher shall be given a copy of any information that is to be placed in his/her personnel
file, with the exception of the confidential pre-employment references. The teacher shall have
the right to respond to such material, in writing, and have the response attached to the specific
material that is placed in the file.
D. Access to the official personnel file shall be available to the teacher and/or his/ her
representative upon written request to the Superintendent. Access shall be provided no later
than one (1) day after the submission of the request.
E. No one other than administrative personnel and Board members shall have access to an
individual teacher's file. Any information that is requested by a party that, under the law, has
the right to do so shall not be forwarded without the knowledge of the teacher. However, the
individual teacher shall have the right to have any material contained in his/her file forwarded
to any agency or individual that he/she requests.
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