Section 5-E1300. EMPLOYEE CONDUCT

 

1300.1Each employee of the Board of Education shall at all times maintain a high level of ethical conduct in connection with the performance of official duties, and shall refrain from taking, ordering, or participating in any official action that would adversely affect the confidence of the public in the integrity of the Board of Education.

 

1300.2No employee of the Board of Education shall engage in outside employment or private business activity or have any direct or indirect financial interest that conflicts or would appear to conflict with the fair, impartial, and objective performance of officially assigned duties and responsibilities.

 

1300.3No employee shall engage in outside employment during the hours of duty for which he or she is compensated by the Board of Education, except when the employee is in an authorized leave status.

 

1300.4Personal behavior of an employee during non-duty hours shall be the employee’s concern, but this shall not preclude the Superintendent of Schools from taking action against an employee in circumstances where the employee’s conduct is detrimental to the Board of Education.

 

1300.5The General Counsel to the Board for its staff and the Legal Counsel to the Superintendent for all employees subordinate to the Superintendent shall serve as ethics counselors.

 

1300.6Pursuant to § 1803 of D.C. Law 2-139, there are other ethics counselors who shall issue advisory opinions concerning potential conflicts of interest.

 

1300.7All employees of the Board of Education shall be governed by the rules adopted by the Mayor pursuant to Title XVIII, “Employee Conduct,” of D.C. Law 2-139.

 

authority

Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is § 2 of An Act approved June 20, 1906, 34 Stat. 317, D.C. Official Code § 38-102 (2001).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 4297, 4318 (October 3, 1980).