1. Randolph County School System
Consent Orders
December 1994
March 2011
April 2013
May 2016

2. December 1994 Original Consent Decree December 1994 Employment
Methods of Discipline
Policies and Programs
Address Perceptions
Curricula Offerings
December 1994

3. March 2011 Second Consent Order
Focus: Personnel Hiring and Assignment of Student Discipline
Personnel recommendations to reach 23% Black in category 1 employees
Increase recruiting efforts
Post on specified websites
Post for 14 days unless during school term 7 days for teaching positions only
Establishment of Employment Committee and Local School Committee
Work with Southeastern Equity Center to attain goal .
Specific procedures for training and hiring procedures/practices.
March 2011

4. April 2013 Third Consent Order
Specific to Workforce Goal for Category 1 Employees and Interim Employment of Category 1 Teachers.
Continue the procedures for hiring and recruitment from March 2011 order
Workforce Goal set at 16% Black certified employees which must be maintained for two consecutive years
Specific guidelines for employment of an interim applicant (can not exceed 6 weeks).
April 2013

5. May 2016 Fourth Consent Order
Workforce Goal of 16% Black Certified Employees
Continue recruitment and interviews at all historically black colleges and universities.
Advertise employment vacancies to the education placement officials at each public university in Alabama and all historically black colleges and universities (public and private) for at least 14 days.
Work with an Equity Consultant to assist the system in best practices of recruiting, hiring and retention of Black faculty and certified staff.
May 2016

6. May 2016 Continue guidelines Consultant will propose revisions:
Requirement that all the District personnel involved in recruitment and hiring follow a uniform set of guidelines/policies that identify and take account of the District’s obligations.
Providing for targeted recruitment, hiring and retention program designed to increase the number of Black faculty.
Include measures designed to ensure that Black faculty and certified staff are equitably distributed among all schools in the District.
Require that all District personnel involved in recruitment and hiring be trained annually on how to the implement policies and procedures.
May 2016

7. Continued
Consultant’s recommendations will be presented to Plaintiff within 15 days of the review
Proposed revisions shall be submitted to Plaintiff no later than 60 days after the review.
Plaintiff will advise if they approve or disapprove with 30 days to make revisions.
District will implement all approved proposed revisions with 30 days of Plaintiffs approval.
May 2016

8. Hiring Practices Advertisements: Minimum of 14 days
Local Schools, Board Office and Transportation Dept.
State Unemployment Office
Teach In Alabama
District Web Site
Historically Black Colleges (public and private)
Public Colleges in the state of Alabama
Hiring Practices

9. Colleges and University
Alabama A&M Athens State
Alabama State Auburn University
Bishop State Community College Auburn University Montgomery
Concordia University Calhoun Community College
Drake, J.F St. Tech College Jacksonville
Gadsden State College Troy University
Lawson State Com College University of Alabama
Miles College University of Alabama Birmingham
Oakwood University University of Alabama Huntsville
Selma University University of Montevallo
Shelton State Com College University of North Alabama
Stillman College University of South Alabama
Talladega College University of West Alabama
Trenholm State Tech College Wallace State Community
Tuskegee College
Colleges and University

10. Applications must include the following:
A valid Alabama Teacher Certificate or proof of eligibility for a valid Alabama certificate.
College Transcripts
Three (3) letters of recommendation
Applications must include the following:

11. Complete Applicant File
Applicant files are considered for all vacancies that he/she is qualified for during a 36 month period. (unless applicant specifies in writing that they do not wish to be considered)
Application and documents are kept for 36 months (paper copy)
Complete Applicant File

12. Employment Committee Duties of Employment Committee
Review/Evaluate applicants based upon scoring tool
Select applicants to be interviewed
Review hiring recommendations made by the Local School Committee and advise the Superintendent on hiring practices.
All Administrative/Central Office vacancies are interviewed by the Employment Committee
Identifies applicants for the Local School Committee to interview.
Keep minutes of all meetings and documentation of members in attendance.
Help ensure that the District takes all necessary precautions to show a good faith effort toward recruiting, hiring and retaining qualified Black faculty and staff.
Employment Committee

13. Employment/Local School Committee
Employment Committee
Consists of three (3) people
Two selected by the District and one by the Plaintiffs
Committee meets to screen all applications for certified vacant positions within the District and select qualified applicants to interview
Committee specifies applicants to the Local School Committee for employment interviews
Employment/Local School Committee

14. The Local School Committee
Each school in the District will have a Local School Hiring Committee
Consisting of:
The School Principal
One person selected by the Employment Committee
One person appointed by the Plaintiffs
All three (3) members are to be involved in the interviews (if not minutes should reflect why not)
The Local School Committee

15. Responsibilities of Local School Committee
Contacting Applicants to set up interviews
All contact attempts must be documented on District Form
Applicants may be determined unreachable after the following steps:
Applicant has provided a cell phone number and/or an address, the District will attempt to reach the cellphone and , if both are provided, for up to three consecutive days. If the District is unable to reach the applicant for three consecutive days, and has received no response from the applicant from messages left, the applicant will be deemed unreachable.
Responsibilities of Local School Committee

16. Responsibilities of Local School Committee
Contacting Applicants:
If applicant only has a telephone number (no cell or ) the district will call for three (3) consecutive days. If district is unable to reach applicant, the District will send the applicant a certified Letter.
The District will document ALL efforts to contact each applicant. (Local School Committees will submit all paperwork with Principal Rational for each job)
Responsibilities of Local School Committee

17. Responsibilities of the Local School Committee
Local School Committees should check references and document contacts.
Ask all applicants the same questions (maintain all question responses in Principal’s Office available upon request of the Employment Committee/Superintendent)
The Local School Committee will make a decision by majority vote and make an employment recommendation to the Employment Committee.
Responsibilities of the Local School Committee

18. Local School Committee makes recommendations on the Principal’s Rational Sheet (District Form). Form is presented to the Employment Committee.
Employment Committee makes recommendation to the Superintendent. The Superintendent will determine what, if any recommendation is made to the board.
Recommendation of no more than three candidates (not less than 3)
At least one (1) candidate should be Black if a qualified Black candidate was interviewed.
Recommendations

19. Training Training of Hiring Process
Provide annual training to administrators, personnel clerks, member of Employment Committee and Local School Committee
Instructions on application submission process
Districts obligations to hire and assignment of teachers and staff consistent with standards of Consent Decree
Superintendent will ensure that all principals, administrators, faculty and certified staff are informed of the provisions.
Training

20. Why work to meet the terms of legislation that is more than 20 years old?
IT IS the moral and ethical obligation of every educator to follow the law or show a good faith effort in attempt.
It is the mission of Randolph County School District to foster successful communities which begin with the acceptance and understanding of diversity.
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