No. SB 630
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, removing a key financial oversight requirement. This change affects the largest school districts in the state.
School boards are exempt from standard rulemaking procedures when adopting rules with public input at a public meeting. This streamlines local governance but reduces formal regulatory safeguards.
Districts may now issue temporary teacher certificates, expanding local control over educator certification. This allows districts to fill vacancies more quickly but shifts some oversight to local boards.
Facilities planning requirements are significantly reduced, with local government review made optional. Districts must only submit a tentative plan, removing detailed long-term projection mandates.
AIDistricts receiving over $500 million in annual funds no longer have a mandatory requirement to employ an internal auditor.
AIDistrict school boards are exempt from standard rulemaking requirements when adopting rules with public input at a public meeting.
AISchool districts and regional education consortia can now issue temporary educator certificates, subject to State Board of Education reporting rules and Education Practices Commission authority.
AIDistricts may now count advanced degrees in a field related to a teacher's assignment, or degrees with 18 graduate hours in the certification area, when setting salary schedules.
AIBeginning July 1, 2026, districts may offer 3-year contracts to teachers with active professional certificates, positive evaluations, and no recent unsatisfactory ratings, with reversion to annual contracts upon poor performance.
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.
AIAffected local governments may, but are not required to, review tentative district educational facilities plans and comment on consistency with local comprehensive plans.
AISchools cannot be required to use student learning growth measures as the only factor for recruiting instructional personnel.