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Misconduct Disclosure form

Request and Eemployment Misconduct Disclosure Using JotForm

For the Graduate Student Population, Do Not Use this form. Please reach out to GEPA at sb791-gepa@ucsd.edu  

For questions regarding a Kuali submission prior to June 20, 2025,  please send your questions to   academicpersonnel@ucsd.edu. 

 

California Senate Bill 791 (SB 791)

In order to comply with California Senate Bill 791 (SB 791), UC San Diego is now requiring applicants for academic or administrative positions to disclose any final administrative or judicial decisions issued within the last seven years determining that they committed sexual harassment. UC San Diego may initiate a background check depending on the information disclosed by the final candidate.

California Assembly Bill 810 (AB 810)

In addition, in order to comply with and California Assembly Bill 810 (AB 810), UC San Diego is requiring applicants for intended tenure-track faculty positions (including security of employment-security-track), tenured (including security of employment) faculty positions to sign a release form that authorizes, in the event the applicant reaches the final stages of the application process, the release of information by the applicant’s previous employers to the UC location concerning any substantiated allegations of misconduct in order to permit the UC location to evaluate the released information with respect to the criteria for a potential job placement. The bill further requires the UC to use the signed release form to make a reasonable attempt to obtain information from the previous employer concerning any substantiated allegations of misconduct.

 

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Overview of JotForm Screening Process

  1. The Submitter fills out the Department Request for Candidate Misconduct and Authorization Release- a request form that indicates whether the candidate will be ladder rank or non-ladder rank, and the specific department they will be going into. 
  2. The Candidate fills out the UCSD Candidate Authorization and Disclosure Form. 
  3. The Submitter receives email notification that the candidate filled out the form and that work is officially transferred to the Central office for review.  
  4. APS Central Office conducts necessary reference checks. 
  5. APS provides assessment on how to move forward
    1. If approved, The Submitter receives email notification that the candidate has been approved to move forward.   
    2. If not approved, in conversation with appropriate parties, the decision is documented in an email sent to the Dean or Hiring Authority.