FILE: GBJ
PROMOTION
The Richland Parish School Board shall require, and the Superintendent shall verify that all employees considered for promotion possess the appropriate qualifications and/or certification necessary for the position.
TEACHERS/CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES
When the filling of any vacancy by the School Board is to be considered, the School Board shall require that the members be apprised of the top three (3) applicants for the position and their relative ranking among all candidates. All pertinent information regarding the applicants shall be given to the School Board. The School Board reserves the right to have informal interviews in certain cases prior to the selection of any applicant to fill the vacancy.
Whenever a teacher/certificated employee is promoted by the Superintendent from a position of lower base salary to a position of higher base salary requiring the holding of a teaching certificate, employment shall be based on a written contract containing performance objectives. Such contract shall be for a term of not less than two (2) years, nor more than four (4) years, except when such employment is for a temporary position. Prior to the School Board’s approval of any initial or subsequent contract which involves an employee being or having been promoted to a position with a higher salary, the Superintendent shall disclose all terms of the contract to the School Board.
Any employee thus promoted and who enters into an employment contract as stated above, shall not gain permanent tenured status in the position to which promoted.
SUPPORT PERSONNEL
Decisions regarding promotion of support personnel shall be made by the Superintendent.
Revised: July, 2012
Revised: October 14, 2014
Revised: April 10, 2018
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:444
Sund v. St. Helena Parish School Board, 2005-2473 (La. App.1st Cir. 5/5/06), 935 So. 2d 219 (2006)
Board minutes, 3-24-88, 10-14-14, 4-10-18
Richland Parish School Board