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C HECKLIST F OR D ETERMINING “G OOD C AUSE .” The following is a checklist of items to consider in determining whether discipline or termination is appropriate:  Did you provide the employee with advance notice of the possible or probable disciplinary consequence of his or her conduct?  Was your rule or order reasonably related to the orderly, efficient and safe operation of the school?  Have you, before administering discipline, made an effort to discover whether the employee did in fact violate or disobey your rule, standard, or order?  Did you conduct a fair and objective investigation of the situation?  Have you applied the rule, order and penalty evenhandedly and without discrimination to all employees in comparable situations?  Is the degree of proposed discipline reasonably related to:  The seriousness of the employee’s proven offense?  The employee’s service record with the school?  The penalties previously imposed in the school in comparable circumstances?

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