A. A charter school shall hire its own employees. The provisions of the School Personnel Act [N.M. Stat. Ann. Chapter 22, Article 10A] shall apply to such employees. The head administrator of the charter school shall employ, fix the salaries of, assign, terminate and discharge all employees of the charter school.

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B. The head administrator of a charter school shall not initially employ or approve the initial employment in any capacity of a person who is the spouse, father, father-in- law, mother, mother-in-law, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, brother, brother- in-law, sister or sister-in-law of a member of the governing body or the head administrator. The governing body may waive the nepotism rule for family members of a head administrator.

C. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the continued employment of a person employed on or before July 1, 2008.