Termination Hearing. If the unit member requests a termination hearing before the Governing Board, the following shall apply: 27.5.1 The hearing shall be held in closed session. 27.5.2 The Board shall have the option of conducting the hearing or appointing an impartial hearing officer. Any cost incurred by the appointment of a hearing officer shall be borne by the District. 27.5.3 Oral evidence shall be taken only upon oath. 27.5.4 Witnesses may be called and cross-examined. 27.5.5 Any relevant, material evidence may be admitted if it is the sort of evidence on which responsible persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious affairs, regardless of the existence of any statute which might make improper the admission of such evidence over objection in civil actions. 27.5.6 Hearsay evidence may be used for the purpose of supplementing or explaining other evidence but shall not be sufficient in itself to support a finding unless it would be admissible over objection in civil actions. 27.5.7 At the conclusion of the hearing, the Board shall deliberate or review any findings submitted by the impartial hearing officer in private. The Board’s determination of the sufficiency of the cause for disciplinary action shall be conclusive. The decision shall be transmitted in writing to the unit member.
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