Personnel |
4101 � BP |
EMPLOYEE/STUDENT
NON-FRATERNIZATION
The
relationship between the school employee and the student should be one of
professional cooperation and respect.�
All employees, whether certificated or classified, have a responsibility
to conduct themselves in a manner that will maintain an atmosphere conducive to
learning.
It
is the policy of the Board of Education to support the development of positive
relationships between and among students and employees.� To that end, district employees are
prohibited from engaging in a relationship with an enrolled student that may be
reasonably perceived as unprofessional.�
This includes excessive personal attention or socializing outside of
school, dating, courtship or spending an inordinate amount of time with
students as to create the impression to other students, their parents, or the
public that a dating relationship exists.
It
is also the policy of the Board of Education to prohibit any type of sexual
relationship, sexual contact or sexually-nuanced behavior between a district employee
and an enrolled student.� This includes
internet chat rooms, social networking sites, text messages, cell phones, and
all other forms of electronic and non-electronic communication that may be
viewed as inappropriate.� It also applies
regardless if the student or the employee initiated the sexual behavior or if
the student welcomes the sexual behavior and/or reciprocates the attention.
The
District shall promptly investigate all reasonable allegations of prohibited
staff/student relationships.� The
District shall utilize the investigation procedures followed for complaints of
sexual harassment within the District.
Any
employee who is found to have violated this policy will be subject to
disciplinary action up to and including termination.
There
may be circumstances that do not involve dating or courtship, but are
nevertheless unprofessional.� Those cases
will be judged on the totality of the circumstances under the causes for
discipline set forth in the Education Code and collective bargaining
agreements.
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Legal
Reference:
Title XI of the Education Amendments of 1972; 20
U.S.C. and 1681.
See
also:
BP 4119.11 � Sexual Harassment/Personnel
BP
5145.7�� � Sexual Harassment/Students
Policy Adopted:� 7/13/2010