401.05R1 Employee Records Regulation

401.05R1 Employee Records Regulation

Employee Personnel Records Content

1.  Employee personnel records may contain the following information:

            Personal information including, but not limited to, name, address, telephone

              number, emergency numbers, birth date and spouse

            Individual employment contract

              Evaluations

            Application, resume and references

            Salary information

            Copy of the employee's license or certificate, if needed for the position.

            Educational transcripts

            Assignment

            Records of disciplinary matters

2.    Employee health and medical records shall be kept in a file separate from the employee's personnel records.  Health and medical records may contain, but are not limited to:

            Medical professional signed physical form

            Sick or long-term disability leave days

            Worker's compensation claims

            Reasonable accommodation made by the school district to accommodate the employee's disability

            Employee's medical history

            Employee emergency names and numbers

            Family and medical leave request forms

3. The following are considered public personnel records available for inspection:

        •    The name and compensation of the individual, including any written agreement establishing compensation or any
other terms of employment, except for that information that is otherwise protected. "Compensation" includes the
value of benefits conferred including, but not limited to: casualty, disability, life or health insurance, other health or
wellness benefits, vacation, holiday and sick leave, severance payments, retirement benefits and deferred
compensation;

        •    The dates the individual was employed by the government body;

        •    The positions the individual holds or has held with the government body;

        •    The educational institutions attended by the individual, including any diplomas and degrees earned, and the
names of the individual's previous employers, positions previously held and dates of previous employment;

     

  • The fact that the individual resigned in lieu of termination, was discharged, or was demoted as a result of a disciplinary action, and the documented reasons and rationale for the resignation in lieu of termination, the discharge, or the demotion.  “Demoted” or “demotion” means a change of an employee from a position in a given classification to a position in a classification having a lower pay grade; and

        •    Personal information in confidential personnel records of government bodies relating to student employees shall
only be released pursuant to the Family Educational Privacy Rights Act (FERPA.)

Applicant File Records Content

Records on applicants for positions with the school district shall be maintained in the central administration office.  The records shall include, but not be limited to:

    •    Application for employment    

    •    Resume

    •    References

    •    Evidence of appropriate license or certificate, if necessary for the position for

          which the individual applied

    •    Affirmative action form, if submitted

Record Access  

Only authorized school officials shall have access to an employee's records without the written consent of the employee.  Authorized school officials may include, but not be limited to, the superintendent, building principal, or board secretary.  In the case of a medical emergency, the school nurse or other first aid or safety personnel may have access to the employee's health or medical file without the consent of the employee.  Board members will generally only have access to an employee's personnel file without the consent of the employee when necessary for the conducting of board business.

 
 
 
 

Approved 8/18/11     Reviewed   4-16-25             Revised  4-16-25          

kkurt@northlin… Fri, 02/12/2016 - 13:30