HB 2663 Summary

• Amends charter school financing and performance framework requirements, including establishing financial performance expectations and requiring charter schools to post average teacher salary information on their websites.

• Modifies school procurement practices by requiring lowest qualified bidder selection, increasing penalties for procurement violations, and establishing restrictions on gifts to school employees involved in contracting decisions.

• Adds computer science professional development grants for schools and defines "rural" status for federal funding eligibility purposes.

• Reduces state funding for school district additional assistance and charter school additional assistance through fiscal year 2022, with reductions phasing out over five years.

• Establishes superintendent performance pay structures, requires reporting of teacher salary information, and mandates an auditor general special audit of school facilities board building renewal grant expenditures.