No. SB 320
Filed under Education.
Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools; Exempting district school boards from requirements for adopting certain rules; deleting a requirement for a district school board to employ an internal auditor in certain circumstances; revising requirements relating to district school board attendance policies for Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Programs; prohibiting a school from being required to use a certain parameter as the sole determining factor to recruit instructional personnel; specifying requirements for advanced degrees that may be used to set salary schedules for instructional personnel and school administrators hired after a specified date; revising eligibility requirements for individuals to participate in the Teacher Apprenticeship Program, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDDistricts over $500 million no longer must employ an internal auditor, eliminating a key financial oversight role. This change removes a mandatory compliance requirement for the state's largest school districts.
School boards are exempt from standard rulemaking procedures when adopting rules, provided they hold public meetings. This allows districts to create local policies without following the state's formal administrative rulemaking process.
Districts must now prepare only a tentative facilities plan, removing the requirement for detailed 5-, 10-, and 20-year projections. Local governments may review these plans but are no longer required to coordinate with them.
The bill authorizes districts to issue temporary teacher certificates and offer three-year contracts to eligible staff. It also prohibits schools from using student growth as the sole factor for recruiting instructional personnel.
AIDistricts receiving over $500 million in annual funds no longer must employ an internal auditor.
AIDistrict school boards are exempt from standard rulemaking procedures when adopting rules.
AISchool districts and regional education consortia can now issue temporary educator certificates, subject to reporting to the Department of Education and oversight by the Education Practices Commission.
AIDistricts may offer 3-year contracts to teachers who hold a professional certificate, are recommended by the superintendent, and have no recent unsatisfactory evaluations, replacing annual contract renewals for eligible staff.
AIDistrict school boards no longer must develop detailed 5-, 10-, and 20-year facilities plans with specific projections, inventories, and work programs; they must only prepare a tentative plan and submit it to the department.
AIDistrict school boards no longer must coordinate with local governments or ensure consistency with local comprehensive plans during facilities planning; local governments may but are not required to review plans.
AISchools cannot use student learning growth as the only factor for recruiting teachers.
AIThe requirement for a uniform electronic assessment calendar with detailed data fields is deleted.