Resignation and Retirement
An employee is requested to provide 2 weeks' notice of a resignation.  A resignation notice cannot be revoked once given.  An employee planning to retire should notify his or her supervisor at least 2 months before the retirement date.

Non-RIF Dismissal
The District may terminate an at-will employee at any time for any or no reason, but not for a reason prohibited by State or federal law.  
Employees who are employed annually or have a contract, or who otherwise have a legitimate expectation of continued employment, may be dismissed: (1) at the end of the school year or at the end of their respective contract after being provided appropriate notice and after compliance with any applicable contractual provisions, or (2) mid-year or mid-contract provided appropriate due process procedures are provided.
The Superintendent is responsible for making dismissal recommendations to the School Board consistent with the Board’s goal of having a highly qualified, high performing staff. This includes recommending a non-licensed employee for immediate dismissal for willful or negligent failure to report an instance of suspected child abuse or neglect as required by 325 ILCS 5/.

Reduction in Force and Recall 
Please refer to the current “Agreement for Negotiations between the Board of Education Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202, Will and Kendall Counties, and the Plainfield Association of Support Staff.”

For employees not covered by this agreement:
The Board may, as necessary or prudent, decide to decrease the number of educational support personnel or to discontinue some particular type of educational support service and, as a result of that action, dismissed or reduce the hours of one or more educational support employees.  When making decisions concerning reduction in force and recall, the Board will follow Sections 10-22.34c (outsourcing non-instructional services) and 10-23.5 (procedures) of the School Code, to the extent they are applicable and not superseded by legislation or an applicable collective bargaining agreement.

Final Paycheck
A terminating employee's final paycheck will be adjusted for any unused, earned vacation credit.  Employees are paid for all earned vacation.  Terminating employees will receive their final pay on the next regular payday following the date of termination, except that an employee dismissed due to a reduction in force shall receive his or her final paycheck on or before the next regular pay date following the last day of employment. 

Suspension
Except as provided below, the Superintendent is authorized to suspend an employee without pay as a disciplinary measure, during an investigation into allegations of misconduct, or pending a dismissal hearing whenever, in the Superintendent's judgment, the employee's presence is detrimental to the District.  A disciplinary suspension shall be with pay (1) when the employee is exempt from the overtime provisions of the federal wage and hour laws, or (2) until an employee with an employment contract for a definite term is provided a notice and hearing according to the suspension policy for professional employees.

Any criminal conviction resulting from the investigation or allegations shall require the employee to repay to the District all compensation and the value of all benefits received by the employee during the suspension.  The Superintendent will notify the employee of this requirement when the employee is suspended.

LEGAL REF.:  105 ILCS 5/10-22.34c and 5/10-23.5
5 ILCS 430 et seq., State Officials and Employees Ethics Act.
325 ILCS 5/7.4 (c.10), Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
820 ILCS 1-5/4a, Minimum Wage Law.
    
CROSS REF.:  5:90 (Abused and Neglected Child Reporting), 5:120 (Employee Ethics; Code of Professional Conduct; and Conflict of Interest), 5:240 (Professional Personnel - Suspension), 5:270 (Employment At-Will, Compensation, and Assignment)

ADOPTED:  November 22, 2004

REVISED:  June 22, 2009
April 13, 2015
September 28, 2015
January 27, 2020
April 10, 2023