HB 1635 Summary

• Repeals the 1992 School Board of Hernando County resolution that changed the superintendent position from elected to appointed.

• Establishes the Hernando County Superintendent of Schools as an elected position in a partisan election for a 4-year term, beginning with the 2026 general election.

• Requires a referendum election during the 2022 general election for qualified Hernando County electors to approve or reject the change from appointed to elected superintendent.

• The referendum ballot will ask voters whether the superintendent position should be elected in a partisan election for a 4-year term beginning in 2026, rather than appointed by the School Board.

• The act takes effect upon becoming law, but Section 2 (establishing the elected superintendent) only takes effect upon majority approval by referendum voters in conjunction with the 2022 general election.