Cobb County School District Administrative Rules

A. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE:
    It is essential that there be public confidence in the integrity of the management of the
    Cobb County School District (District). The public must be assured that decisions are
    made independently, free of any conflicts of interest and through the appropriate decision
    making channels. Public office must not be used for private gain other than the
    remuneration provided by law. To foster public confidence and in an effort to avoid even
    the appearance of a potential conflict of interest, the Cobb County Board of Education
    (Board) has elected to adopt a mandatory disclosure procedure and a policy governing
    business transactions.

B. MANDATORY DISCLOSURE PROCEDURE:
    All members of the Board of Education, members of Board committees (Board Policy BDE
    [Board Committees]), the Superintendent and members of the Superintendent's Cabinet,
    all District supervisory personnel and all employees who have the ability to influence
    business transactions in the aggregate annual amount of $500.00 and above shall
    disclose in writing, any known relationship they, or any member of their immediate
    family, have or have had in the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the
    disclosure, with any current or prospective vendor/consultant to the District. Such
    relationship shall be defined as:

"Any relationship, contractual or otherwise, which might result in any
pecuniary gain, direct or indirect, in the aggregate annual amount of
$100.00 and above."

    The disclosure shall be presented in writing to the Office of the Superintendent on or
    before January 31 of each year on such forms as the Board shall prescribe. Once a
    disclosure is received, the Superintendent shall ensure that such information is
    distributed to appropriate administration personnel.

C. BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS:
    It shall be the policy of the Board that the District, where appropriate, not do business
    with any vendor/consultant who has a relationship as defined above. If an affected party
    wishes to have this Policy waived, they may forward such request to a review committee,
    which committee shall be composed of the board attorney and the Chair of the Board of
    Education. This committee shall, after review, present its recommendation to the full
    Board, who may by majority vote approve a waiver of this Policy.

D. DEFINITIONS:
    For the purposes of this Policy, the following terms are defined:
    1. Immediate family, for purposes of this Policy, is defined as: Spouse, children, mother,
        father, brother, sister, grandmother, grandfather, grandchildren, mother-in-law,
        father-in-law, sister-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, and any
        step relatives as identified in this definition.
    2. Supervisory personnel: Any District employee who possesses authority to evaluate or
        direct the performance of any employee of the District.

Approved: 12/11/91
Confirmed: 5/9/07
Revised: 8/9/95; 12/13/07