FILE: GBJ
PROMOTION
The Bogalusa City 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. Preference shall be given to employees of the school system, whenever possible.
TEACHERS/CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES
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
Promotion of employees covered by the Agreement between the School Board and Local #776, Council 17, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO shall be governed by the promotion provisions outlined in said Agreement.
Revised: August 30, 2012
Revised: July, 2014
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:81, 17:444
Blaine Gilbert, et al. v. Webster Parish School Board, Civil Action No. 11,501, U.S. District Court, Western District of
Sund v. St. Helena Parish School Board, 2005-2473 (La. App.1st Cir. 5/5/06), 935 So. 2d 219 (2006)
Board minutes, 8-30-12, 1-29-15
Bogalusa City School Board