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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session |
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HB 2121: schools; superintendents; severance packages; prohibition
Sponsor: Representative Bolick, LD 20
Committee on Education
Overview
Prohibits a school district from providing a severance package to a superintendent if specified criteria are not applicable.
History
Statute permits school district governing boards to individually or jointly employ a superintendent. In order to employ a superintendent, statute requires a governing board to determine the qualifications for the superintendent in a public meeting. One of these qualifications must include the requirement that the superintendent have a valid fingerprint clearance card.
A superintendent's term of employment may be for a period not exceeding three years. However, if a superintendent's contract is for multiple years, the school district cannot extend or renegotiate the contract earlier than 15 months before the contract expires (A.R.S. § 15-503).
Statute defines severance pay as the amount an employer pays to an employee due to the employee's resignation, termination or other outlined reason for leaving employment. Current law states that severance pay does not include the amounts the employer pays for health benefits or to any employee benefit plan. (A.R.S. § 23-621).
Provisions
1. Prohibits a school district from providing a severance package to a superintendent unless:
a) The school district promised the superintendent, before the effective date of this bill, that they were entitled to a severance package in the event of the superintendent's severance of employment; or
b) The superintendent is entitled to a severance package under federal law. (Sec. 1)
2. Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)
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