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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
House: ED DPA 8-4-0-0 |
HB 2075: school districts; employment contracts; publication
Sponsor: Representative Livingston, LD 28
House Engrossed
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 (superintendents) and chief financial officers (CFOs).
History
A governing board is tasked with employing and fixing the salaries and benefits of school district employees. 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 a governing board to submit to ADE either:
a. a copy of the employment contract, including any extension or amendment, for each 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 or CFO during the preceding five school years.
2. Instructs a governing board to submit to ADE either:
a. a copy of the employment contract, including any extension or amendment, for each currently employed superintendent or CFO within 30 days after the date on which the school district entered the contract or approved the extension or amendment; or
b. an affidavit stating the employment contract of the superintendent or CFO is the same contract as the contract the school district submitted for the immediately preceding year within 30 days after the anniversary of the date on which the school district entered the contract.
3. 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.
4. 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 or CFO is terminated.
5. 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.
6. 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 CFO:
a. the superintendent's or CFO's base salary;
b. a list of all employee benefits the superintendent or CFO may receive pursuant to their employment contract, including the benefit's monetary value; and
c. if the superintendent or CFO has a car allowance under their employment contract, the amount of the car allowance.
7. Instructs ADE to create and post on its website a searchable online database that contains, at a minimum, the following information from each superintendent or CFO contract submitted by a school district:
a. the school district's name;
b. the base salary for each superintendent and CFO employed by the school district;
c. the total amount of:
i. performance based pay awarded to each superintendent and CFO;
ii. employer contributions for retirement benefits for each superintendent and CFO;
iii. stipends paid to each superintendent and CFO, disaggregated by the purpose or type of stipend;
iv. employer contributions for health insurance premiums for the spouse and dependents of each superintendent and CFO;
v. employer contributions for life insurance for each superintendent and CFO;
d. the total hours of personal leave and paid time off awarded to each superintendent and CFO; and
e. whether each superintendent and CFO is entitled to payment for unused personal leave and paid time off.
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