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Committee backs bill allowing spouses of school-board members to serve in very small districts with safeguards
Summary
Senate Bill 1045 (as considered in the House Committee on Education) would allow a school-board member's spouse or relative to serve in contracted or classified positions in districts under 400 students, with abstention requirements and a five-year sunset clause.
Representative Dan Garner presented Senate Bill 1045 and asked the committee to send it to the House floor with a "do pass" recommendation. He said the bill is intended to give very small rural school districts — those with fewer than 400 students — flexibility to fill educator and classified positions when candidate pools are limited.
"We already had exceptions for small rural schools. This just tweaks it a little bit for the…
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