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Committee sends SB 1045 to floor to allow limited spouse employment in smallest rural districts with abstention and five-year sunset
Summary
Senate Bill 1045, sponsored by Rep. Dan Garner, would permit school board members' spouses to serve in contracted or classified positions in districts with fewer than 400 students, subject to abstention from related votes and a five-year sunset; the committee voted to send the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Representative Dan Garner asked the House Committee on Education to send Senate Bill 1045 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. The bill would create an exception allowing school board members' spouses to be employed in contracted or classified positions in the state's smallest rural school districts—those with fewer than 400 students—subject to abstention from votes on payroll, negotiation, and disciplinary matters concerning the spouse.
Sponsor's explanation: Garner said the change targets roughly 40 districts under 400 students that struggle to recruit board members and staff. The…
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