PREFILED DEC 17 2025
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REFERENCE TITLE: school districts; employment contracts; publication |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2026
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HB 2075 |
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Introduced by Representative Livingston
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AN ACT
amending title 15, chapter 5, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-503.01; relating to school employees.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 5, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-503.01, to read:
15-503.01. Superintendents; assistant superintendents; associate superintendents; chief financial officers; employment contracts; posting requirements; annual report
A. Each school district governing board shall submit to the department of education either:
1. A copy of the employment contract, including any extension or amendment to the contract, for each individual who has been employed by the school district during the preceding five school years as a superintendent, an assistant superintendent, an associate superintendent or a chief financial officer.
2. An attestation stating that the school district has not employed a superintendent, an assistant superintendent, an associate superintendent or a chief financial officer during the preceding five school years.
B. The department shall post all contracts that are submitted pursuant to subsection A of this section on the department's website. The department may not remove a contract that is posted pursuant to this subsection until at least five years after the date on which the employment of the superintendent, assistant superintendent, associate superintendent or chief financial officer is terminated. The department may redact personally identifiable information that is exempt from public disclosure as a matter of law before posting an employment contract on the department's website.
C. Each school district governing board shall post on the school district's website a copy of each contract and attestation that the governing board submits to the department pursuant to subsection A of this section. A school district may not remove a contract that is posted pursuant to this subsection until at least five years after the date on which the employment of the superintendent, assistant superintendent, associate superintendent or chief financial officer is terminated. A school district may redact personally identifiable information that is exempt from public disclosure as a matter of law before posting an employment contract on the school district's website.
D. On or before December 1 of each year, the department of education shall compile a report that includes all of the following information for each school district in this state and shall post the report on the department's website:
1. If the school district employs a superintendent pursuant to section 15-503:
(a) The base salary of the superintendent.
(b) A list of all employee benefits that the superintendent may receive pursuant to the superintendent's employment contract, including, if applicable, the monetary value of each benefit.
(c) If the superintendent has a car allowance under the superintendent's employment contract, the amount of the allowance.
2. If, pursuant to section 15-502 or 15-503, the school district employs an assistant superintendent, associate superintendent or chief financial officer, or any combination of assistant superintendents, associate superintendents and chief financial officers:
(a) The base salary of each assistant superintendent, associate superintendent and chief financial officer.
(b) A list of all employee benefits that each assistant superintendent, associate superintendent and chief financial officer may receive pursuant to the individual's employment contract, including, if applicable, the monetary value of each benefit.
(c) if the assistant superintendent, associate superintendent or chief financial officer has a car allowance under the individual's employment contract, the amount of the allowance.