The Chairman of the Trustees of the School District of Greenville County is a partner in a law firm.
Several employees have spouses who are employees of the School District.
From time to time, the Trustees vote on raises for employees and termination of employees. He questions whether there is a conflict concerning the law firm's employees' spouses and his service on the Board of Trustees. This opinion does not supersede any other statutory or regulatory restrictions or procedures which may apply to this situation. This definition does not prohibit a public official, public member, or public employee from participating in, voting on, or influencing or attempting to influence an official decision if the only economic interest or reasonably foreseeable benefit that may accrue to the public official, public member, or public employee is incidental to the public official's, public member's , or public employee's position or which accrues to the public official, public member, or public employee as a member of a profession, occupation, or large class to no greater extent than the economic interest or potential benefit could reasonably be foreseen to accrue to all other members of the profession, occupation, or large class. Thus, on general salary raise issues, the Chairman would not be prohibited from participating in deliberations and votes since the economic interest accrues to all school employees as a class.