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Committee sends Senate Bill 1045 to floor to relax spouse-employment limits for very small districts
Summary
Senate Bill 1045, sponsored by Representative Dan Garner, would allow board members in districts under 400 students to employ a spouse in most educator or classified roles (but not administrators), require abstention on related votes, and includes a five-year sunset; the committee approved a due-pass recommendation to the House floor.
Representative Dan Garner presented Senate Bill 1045 to the House Committee on Education as a proposal aimed at small rural school districts. Garner said the bill targets the smallest districts — those under 400 students — and would allow a school board member's spouse to be employed in any teacher category or classified role except administrative positions. The bill retains a requirement that the board member abstain from votes involving payroll, negotiation or discipline of the spouse and includes a five-year sunset provision.
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