HB435 Alabama 2015 Session

Under existing law, a person may be hired by a board of education where a relative within the fourth degree of affinity or consanguinity of that person is an existing employee, so long as the relative will not be the person's immediate supervisor and where the relative has no involvement in the hiring of that person

This bill would prohibit a superintendant, a principal or other supervisor, or a member of a board of education from taking any direct or indirect role in the hiring of a relative

This bill would prohibit a person from being hired by a board of education where a relative would be the person's immediate supervisor

This bill would allow a person to be hired by a board of education where a relative would be in the chain of command of that person so long as the relative would not be the person's immediate supervisor

This bill would prohibit a person from evaluating the performance of any subordinate who is a relative

This bill would provide a cause of action for an applicant who is injured because of a violation of the provisions of this act

This bill would define relative

This bill would also provide penalties for violating this act

Relating to school personnel; to amend Section 41-1-5, Code of Alabama 1975; to prohibit relatives from being involved in the hiring, supervision, or performance evaluation of a school employee; to define relative; to provide a cause of action for an applicant injured because of a violation of this act; and to provide penalties.