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ID S1040

Bill

Status

Passed

4/16/2013

Primary Sponsor

Education Committee

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Origin

Senate

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

Senate Bill 1040 Summary

  • Changes the notification deadline for category 2 and category 3 contract non-reemployment from May 25 to the first day of July for certificated school employees.

  • Allows school districts to issue letters of intent for employment to renewable contract employees during May without specifying contract duration or salary/benefits terms for the next school year.

  • Permits renewable contract renewals for shorter, longer, or same-length terms at greater, lesser, or equal salaries, with uniform application based on adopted salary schedules, and requires financial emergency declaration before shorter-term renewals for the 2013-2014 school year.

  • Requires all renewable contracts to be issued on or before July 1 each year and establishes procedures for due process hearings when districts change contract terms or reduce salaries after declaring financial emergency.

  • Declares an emergency making Sections 1, 2, and 6 effective immediately upon passage, while Sections 3, 4, and 5 become effective July 1, 2014.

Legislative Description

Amends, repeals and adds to existing law relating to education to revise a date; to revise provisions relating to the issuance of renewable contracts, to remove language relating to notice, to revise provisions relating to the length of a certain contract, to establish provisions relating to renewals for various terms and salaries of certain contracts, to provide that certain contracts shall be issued on or before a certain date, to provide for letters of intent for employment, to establish provisions relating to certain contracts renewed for a term shorter in length than stated in the current standard contract; to remove language relating to renewal of a contract at a reduced salary; to establish provisions relating to the issuance of annual contracts, categories of contracts, optional placement and written evaluations; and to establish provisions relating to the issuance of renewal contracts.

EDUCATION

Last Action

Signed by Governor on 04/16/13 Session Law Chapter 353 Effective: 04/16/13 Sections 1, 2 & 6; 07/01/14 Sections 3, 4 & 5

4/16/2013

Committee Referrals

Education4/1/2013
Education1/31/2013
Judiciary and Rules1/30/2013

Full Bill Text

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