Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 93 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PERSONNEL RULES › Chapter 13 - CORRECTIVE AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS › Section 93-13-001 - Grounds

Current through June 17, 2024
Grounds for corrective, disciplinary action, and/or dismissal
				  include, but are not limited to:
001.01 Violation of, or failure to comply
				with, the State Constitution; any statute; an executive order; published rules
				and regulations of the Department; Department policies or procedures including
				work rules; this Chapter; or administrative memoranda.
001.02 Failure or refusal to comply with a
				lawful directive or to accept a reasonable or proper assignment from an
				authorized supervisor.
001.03
				Inefficiency, incompetence, or negligence in the performance of
				duties.
001.04 Careless, negligent,
				improper, or unsafe use of state property, equipment, or funds; or conversion
				of state property. This includes transmitting threatening, obscene, or
				harassing material through the State's communication systems.
001.05 Use of bribery or undue influence to
				gain or attempt to gain promotion, leave, favorable assignment, or other
				individual benefit or advantage.
001.06 Falsification, fraud, or willful
				omission of information when applying for a position, applying for or renewing
				required credentials, performing the duties of a position, responding to
				work-related questions or inquiries of any supervisor, or completing records or
				reports relevant for the Department.
001.07 Unauthorized or improper use of any
				type of leave, repeated tardiness, repeated failure to comply with scheduled
				work hours, including meal or rest periods, or absence without approved
				leave.
001.08 Failure to maintain
				satisfactory working relationships with the public, other Department employees,
				supervisors or managers, or with persons placed under the direct care and
				responsibility of the employee.
001.09 Failure to obtain and maintain a
				current license or certificate required by law or Department standards as a
				condition of employment.
001.10
				Violation of any provision of the Department's Code of Ethics under the
				provisions of Chapter 16 of this Title.
001.11 Conduct while on- or off-duty, which
				brings discredit to the Department, the State, or which impairs an employee's
				services and/or the Department's performance or function, including criminal
				charges arising from such conduct.
001.12 Unlawful manufacture, distribution,
				dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled substance or alcoholic
				beverage in the workplace or reporting for duty under the influence of alcohol
				and/or unlawful drugs, or when prior consumption of same is plainly
				detected.
001.13 Insubordinate acts
				of language which seriously hamper the Department's ability to control, manage,
				or function.
001.14 Acts or conduct
				(on or off the job) which adversely affects the employee's performance and/or
				the successful completion of the Department's performance or
				function.
001.15 Unlawful workplace
				discrimination (harassment) based in whole or in part, on race, color, sex,
				sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, genetic information (as
				prohibited by the federal Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act [GINA] and
				Neb. Rev. Stat. §
									48-236), or national origin, which
				manifests itself in the form of unwelcome comments, jokes, printed material,
				and/or unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal
				or physical conduct of a sexual nature.
001.16 Display of sexually explicit or
				obscene materials and/or the utterance of offensive comments in the workplace
				that are derogatory toward a group or individual based upon race, sex, sexual
				orientation, color, religion, disability, age, or national origin.
001.17 Possession of any type of firearm
				during the course of performing their job. The prohibition includes
				transporting firearms into any work site or in a state vehicle.