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Committee endorses amendment to HB1816 tightening vetting and oversight in financial-emergency interventions
Summary
The committee adopted amendment 1616s to House Bill 1816, adding rulemaking language for vetting business-administrator candidates and oversight during Department of Education interventions in school financial emergencies; debate centered on Claremont's case and concerns about state overreach.
The Senate committee adopted an amendment to House Bill 1816 that adds requirements for the State Board of Education to adopt rules establishing procedures to vet school district business-administrator candidates and to oversee the work of business administrators subject to the educator code of conduct.
Sponsors said HB1816 grew from the Claremont financial-emergency situation and is intended to give the Department of Education tools to intervene when districts face severe fiscal distress. The…
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