The employees of Shelby County Schools shall avoid any engagement in which a conflict of interest could interfere with the duties and responsibilities designated by the Shelby County Board of Education and which would reflect in a manner detrimental to the system.

1. Any pecuniary transaction, directly or indirectly, by a professional employee or member of the Board of Education concerned with supplying books, maps, school furniture, and/or other apparatus to the school system of employment or to act as agent for anyone is expressly forbidden by statute.¹

2. All employees, including non-faculty employees and school volunteers, are prohibited from promoting and/or requiring current or prospective students to participate on club teams, AAU teams, or any other program or event in which the employee/volunteer is compensated.

3. Employees, including non-faculty coaches, may not provide individualized coaching/instruction for compensation to any student who is a current or prospective student in the school in which the employee/non-faculty coach is assigned to work.

4. All employees, non-faculty employees, and school volunteers are prohibited from soliciting, referring, or encouraging any student to participate or enroll in any program, school, or university in exchange for any type of personal compensation.

5. Students and employees are not allowed to sell any item or solicit money for personal gain or profit at any time on school property or at any off-campus school event.
   
   
   ¹T.C.A.§49-6-2003
   
   
   Adopted 02/24/77
   Revised 07/26/79
   Edited (Effective August, 2000)
   Revised 01/25/07
   Revised 08/30/07