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4. Inability to maintain discipline in any situation in which the employee is responsible for the oversight and
supervision of students.
5. Insubordination or failure to comply with official directives.
6. Failure to comply with Board policies or administrative regulations.
7. Excessive absences.
8. Conducting personal business during school hours when it results in neglect of duties.
9. Reduction in force because of financial exigency.
10. Reduction in force because of a program change. (See DFFB)
11. The employee is not retained at a campus that has been repurposed in accordance with law. (See AIC)
12. Drunkenness or excessive use of alcoholic beverages; or possession, use, or being under the influence of
alcohol or alcoholic beverages while on school property, while working in the scope of the employee’s duties,
or while attending any school-or District-sponsored activity.
13. The illegal possession, use, manufacture, or distribution of a controlled substance, a drug, a dangerous drug,
hallucinogens, or other substances regulated by state statutes.
14. Use of a computer, school mail, or any other means of communication in a manner that is harassing, offensive,
or disruptive to the school operations.
15. Failure to meet the District’s standards of professional conduct.
16. Failure to report any arrest, indictment, conviction, no contest or guilty plea, or other adjudication for any
felony, any crime involving moral turpitude, or other offense listed at DH (Local).(See DH)
17. Conviction of or deferred adjudication for any felony, any crime involving moral turpitude, or other offense list
in Policy DH (Local); or conviction of a lesser included offense pursuant to a plea when the original charged
offense is a felony.(See DH)
18. Misappropriation of public funds.
19. Theft of District property.
20. Failure to comply with reasonable District requirements regarding advanced coursework or professional
improvement and growth.
21. Disability, not otherwise protected by law, which prevents the employee from performing the essential
functions of the job.
22. Any activity, school-connected or otherwise, that, because of publicity given it, or knowledge of it among
students, faculty, and community, impairs or diminishes the employee’s effectiveness in the District.
23. Any breach by the employee of an employment contract or any reason specified in the employee’s
employment contract.
24. Failure to maintain an effective working relationship, or maintain good rapport, with parents, the community or
colleagues.
25. A significant lack of student progress attributed to the educator.
26. Behavior that presents a danger of physical harm to a student or to other individuals.
27. Assault on a person on school property or a school-related function, or on an employee, student, or student’s
parent regardless of time or place.
28. Use of profanity in the course of performing any duties of employment, whether on or off school premises, in
the presence of students, staff, or members of the public, if reasonably characterized as unprofessional.
29. Falsification of records or other documents related to the District’s activities.
30. Falsification or omission of required information on an employment application.
31. Misrepresentation of facts to a supervisor or other District official in the conduct of District business.
32. Failure to fulfill requirements for certification, including passing certification examinations required by state law
or federal law or by the District, for the employee’s assignment.
33. Failure to maintain licensing and certification requirements, including the completion of required continuing
education hours, for the employee’s assignment.
34. Failure to fulfill the requirements of a deficiency plan under an Emergency Permit, a Special Assignment
Permit, or a Temporary Classroom Assignment Permit.
35. Abandonment of contract with the District.
36. Any attempt to encourage or coerce a child to withhold information from the child’s parent or from other District
personnel.
37. The solicitation, encouragement, insinuation, or consummation of an inappropriate written, verbal, or physical
relationship with a student.
38. Violation of the privacy rights of students under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Acts
(FERPA).