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Committee moves to print bill letting very small districts employ trustees' spouses with recusal limits
Summary
The Senate Education Committee voted to print RS 32‑057, a proposal to allow school districts with 400 or fewer students to hire a trustee's spouse, with recusal rules and a five‑year sunset; the measure would not apply to charter schools and is estimated to affect roughly 40 districts.
The Senate Education Committee voted to print RS 32‑057, a proposal to let very small school districts hire the spouse of a trustee while the trustee remains on the board.
Senator Shippey, who presented the proposal, said the bill is intended “to pilot a flexible process by which a small school district, specifically those with a fall student enrollment of 400 or less, could employ the spouse of 1 of their trustees” because it…
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