CHAPTER 15.1-17 TEACHER PERSONNEL FILES 15.1-17-01. Personnel file - Review by teacher
A teacher employed by a school district or a state-supported institution that provides elementary and secondary education to its students may review documents generated and placed in the teacher's personnel file after the teacher was employed for the position. Upon receiving a written request, the school principal, administrator, or school district superintendent shall provide to a teacher a copy of any document in the teacher's personnel file. The teacher shall pay any copying costs
15.1-17-02. Personnel file - Teacher's response
A teacher employed by a school district may provide the school district superintendent with a written response to any document in the teacher's personnel file. A teacher employed by a state institution that provides elementary and secondary education to its students may provide the institution's administrator with a written response to any document in the teacher's personnel file. A school district superintendent or an administrator receiving a written response under this section shall attach the response to the appropriate document and return both to the teacher's personnel file
15.1-17-03. Personnel file - Objection to documents
If a teacher believes that any document in the teacher's personnel file, other than a formal performance evaluation, is inappropriate or inaccurate, the teacher may request that the file be reviewed by the principal of the school or by the administrator if the school is a state institution that provides elementary and secondary education to its students. If a teacher employed by a school district is dissatisfied with the outcome of the initial review, the teacher is entitled to have the file reviewed, upon written request, by the school district superintendent. If a teacher employed by a school district is dissatisfied with the outcome of the superintendent's review, the teacher is entitled to have the file reviewed, upon written request, by the school board
15.1-17-04. Complaint against teacher - Notification
If a complaint is filed against a teacher or against an individual for whom the teacher is administratively responsible, and the complaint is to be placed in the teacher's personnel file, the school principal, administrator, or school district superintendent shall inform the teacher of the complaint
15.1-17-05. No secret files maintained - Penalty
It is a class B misdemeanor for any individual employed by a school district or a state-supported institution that provides elementary and secondary education to its students to maintain documents about a teacher unless the teacher has access to the documents, as provided in this chapter
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