ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB 2075: school districts; employment contracts; publication

Sponsor: Representative Livingston, LD 28

Committee on Education

Overview

Establishes reporting and posting requirements for school district governing boards (governing boards) and the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) regarding the employment contracts of superintendents, assistant superintendents, associate superintendents and chief financial officers (CFOs).

History

A governing board may employ and fix the salaries and benefits of school district employees for the next school year. Statute authorizes a governing board to employ a business manager who has expertise in finance as prescribed. A governing board may also employ a superintendent and must determine the qualifications for the superintendent by action taken in a public meeting. A contract for a superintendent may not exceed three years and, if the superintendent's contract is for multiple years, the school district may not offer to extend or renegotiate the contract earlier than 15 months before the contract expires (A.R.S. §§ 15-502 and 15-503).

Provisions

1. Directs each governing board to submit to ADE either:

a. a copy of the employment contract, including any extension or amendment, for each superintendent, assistant superintendent, associate superintendent or CFO employed by the school district during the preceding five school years; or

b. an attestation stating the school district has not employed a superintendent, an assistant superintendent, an associate superintendent or a CFO during the preceding five school years.

2. Requires each governing board to post on the school district's website a copy of each contract and attestation it submits to ADE and ADE to post on its website all contracts that are submitted.

3. Prohibits ADE and a school district from removing a contract that is posted on its respective website until at least five years after the date on which the employment of the superintendent, assistant superintendent, associate superintendent or CFO is terminated.

4. Authorizes ADE and a school district to redact personally identifiable information that is exempt from public disclosure as a matter of law before posting an employment contract on its respective website.

5. Instructs ADE, by December 1 annually, to compile and post on its website a report that contains the following information for each school district that employs a superintendent or any combination of an assistant superintendent, associate superintendent or CFO:

a. the employee's base salary;

b. a list of all employee benefits the employee may receive pursuant to their employment contract, including the benefit's monetary value; and

c. if the employee has a car allowance under their employment contract, the amount of the car allowance.

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