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Senate Education Committee approves limit on state-funded superintendent buyouts
Summary
The Senate Education Committee approved Senate Bill 5 40, which prevents use of more than 12 months of state funds to buy out a superintendent's contract. Proponents said it protects scholarship and state dollars; school-board groups said it could reduce multi-year contracts and raise local costs.
The Senate Education Committee approved Senate Bill 5 40 after a brief hearing in which supporters said the measure would stop districts from using more than 12 months of state funds to buy out superintendent contracts and opponents warned of unintended district-level costs.
Senator Charles Beckham, running the bill for Senator Brianne Davis, told the committee the bill "prevents school districts from entering into 3 year contracts" and "prevents firing superintendents because they don't like them…
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