Senate Bill 2331 Summary

• Transfers employment responsibility for school attendance officers from the State Department of Education to local school districts effective July 1, 2024, with officers assigned to work locations within their districts.

• Replaces three state regional supervisor positions with regional coordinators employed by the State Department of Education to provide technical assistance and oversight to local district school attendance officers.

• Requires the state to fund one school attendance officer per 3,000 compulsory-school-age children in enrollment by county, with local districts determining actual staffing needs in consultation with the state office.

• Establishes a minimum salary of $30,000 for newly hired school attendance officers beginning July 1, 2024, while transferred officers receive their current fiscal year 2024 salary plus 25%, with local boards authorized to pay additional compensation.

• Ensures transferred officers experience no interruption in service with the Public Employees' Retirement System and State and School Employees' Health Insurance Plan, with unused accumulated leave transferred in accordance with state law.