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ID S1040
Bill
Status
4/16/2013
Primary Sponsor
Education Committee
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AI Summary
Senate Bill 1040 Summary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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