File: GBJ - PERSONNEL RECORDS File: GBJ - PERSONNEL RECORDSInformation about staff members is required for the daily administration of the school system, for implementing salary and other personnel policies, for budget and financial planning, for responding to appropriate inquiries about employees, and for meeting the education reporting requirements of the School Committee. To meet these needs, the Superintendent will implement a comprehensive and efficient system of personnel records maintenance and control under the following guidelines:
1. A personnel folder for each present and former employee will be accurately maintained in the office of the central administration. In addition to the application for employment and references, the folders will contain records and information relative to compensation, payroll deductions, evaluations, and any other pertinent information.
2. The Superintendent or designee will be the official custodian for personnel files and will have overall responsibility for maintaining and preserving the confidentiality of the files within the provisions of the law.
3. Personnel records are considered confidential under the law and will not be open to public inspection. Access to personnel files will be limited to persons authorized by the Superintendent to use the files for the reasons cited above.
4. Each employee will have the right, upon written request, to review the contents of his/her own personnel file.
5. Lists of school employee's names and home addresses will be released only as required by law.
LEGAL REFS.: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, Section 438, P.L. 90-247, Title IV, as amended by 88 Stat. 571-574 (20 U.S.C. 1232G) and Regulations.
CROSS REFS.: All Collective bargaining Agreements
Bedford Public Schools - approved June 15, 2004