PINELLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS HIRING GUIDELINES
- These hiring guidelines are used in making employment decisions for individuals who are applying for positions with the Pinellas County School Board.
- If you are offered a job, you will be required to be fingerprinted at your own expense.
- If you have a criminal history, you may be required to provide written documentation.
- If you are hired and it is found that you falsified your application in regard to reporting criminal history information, you may be dismissed and possibly prosecuted.
- If you have any questions, you may ask a human resources representative for assistance.
NOTE: For the purposes of these hiring guidelines, criminal convictions mean a conviction by a jury or by a Court and shall also include the forfeiture of any bail, bond or other security deposited to secure appearance by a person charged with having committed a felony or misdemeanor, the payment of a fine, a plea of nolo contendere, the imposition of a deferred or suspended sentence by the Court, adjudication withheld, finding of guilt, a plea of no contest, or the date of entry into a pre-trial intervention, pre-trial diversion, or similar program, so long as such PTI/PTD program is completed by the end of the relevant waiting period.
WILL NOT HIRE APPLICANTS WHO HAVE HAD:
Felony crimes of violence, felony sale of controlled substances, felony sexual related crimes, lewd and lascivious crimes, indecent exposure and felony child abuse crimes.
WILL NOT HIRE IF CONVICTION WAS WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS. WILL CONSIDER AND CAREFULLY REVIEW IF CONVICTION WAS BEYOND 10 YEARS:
Other felony crimes and any other misdemeanor crimes of a sexual nature, or misdemeanor crimes related to children.
WILL NOT HIRE IF CONVICTION WAS WITHIN THE LAST 5 YEARS. WILL CONSIDER AND CAREFULLY REVIEW IF CONVICTION WAS COMMITTED BEYOND 5 YEARS:
Misdemeanor drugs, misdemeanor crimes of violence, misdemeanor crimes involving weapons.
CASE BY CASE REVIEW:
· Other misdemeanors
· Multiple arrests
· Offenses which are directly related to duties and responsibilities of the particular position
07/31/08
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