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Committee hears bill to expand recordkeeping for higher-education employees with elected or appointed office
Summary
House Bill 38 would require institutions of higher education that use state funds to pay employees’ salaries to keep and provide records on dual employment for elected or appointed officials; the auditor’s office supports the bill and the measure would allow civil penalties and administrative process for violations.
House Bill 38, presented to the Senate Education Committee, would require institutions of higher education that receive state funds used to pay employee salaries to keep and provide records documenting overlap between institutional employment and elected or appointed public office.
Sponsor Senator Brian Pardee (the transcript: Senator Pardee) said the bill responds to an Office of the Auditor of Accounts report that identified gaps in current state practices for tracking dual employment. Pardee described the bill’s purpose as addressing concerns raised by the auditor and said the sponsor in the House, Representative Williams, “worked very closely with the University of Delaware, Delaware State University and Delaware Technical and…
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