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CONDUCT OF EMPLOYEES TOWARD STUDENTS

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All employees of the Wake County Board of Education, student teachers, and contractors hired to perform instructional or professional services, are prohibited from dating, courting, or entering into a romantic or sexual relationship with any student enrolled in the Wake County Public School System, regardless of the student’s age.  Employees engaging in such inappropriate conduct will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal.

Any employee who has reason to believe that another employee is inappropriately involved with a student, as described above, shall report this information to the assistant superintendent of human resources – employee relations.  An employee who fails to inform the assistant superintendent of human resources – employee relations of a reported or suspected inappropriate relationship between an employee and a student may be subject to disciplinary action.

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“Employees” as defined in this policy does not include part- time employees who are also current students of the school system.

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Legal Reference: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; G.S. 115C-47(18); G.S. 14-202.4; and G.S. 14-27.7.

Adopted: December 21, 1992

Revised: August 17, 1998

Revised: September 27, 1999

Revised: May 21, 2002