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Senate committee advances bill easing rules on trustee spouses in very small school districts
Summary
The Idaho Senate Education Committee voted to send Senate Bill 10 45 to the floor with a “do pass” recommendation. The bill would relax employment restrictions in Idaho Code 33-507 for spouses of trustees in school districts with 400 or fewer students, add a five-year sunset to the change and exempt charter schools.
Senate Bill 10 45, which would narrow parts of Idaho Code 33-507 to allow trustees' spouses to hold certain nonadministrative contracts in very small districts, was sent to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after testimony and questions from committee members.
The bill would let trustees' spouses who are certificated staff (teachers or pupil service staff) in districts with a fall enrollment of 400 students or less be hired under a Category 2 contract rather than the current Category 1 contract in some cases, while preserving a requirement that the trustee abstain from any involvement in the spouse's employment. The bill includes a sunset date of June 30, 2030.
Quinn Perry, deputy director of the Idaho School Boards Association, told the committee the current statute permits spouses to be employed only under strict conditions and usually…
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