SB 412 Summary

• Reduces required training for new school board members from 12 hours to 3 hours within 6 months of election or appointment, with training covering school finance, legal issues, and ethics.

• Changes training requirement from mandatory to optional ("may" instead of "will") for new board members, while maintaining specific hour requirements in school finance, open records/meetings, and school law/ethics.

• Shifts responsibility for maintaining and posting board member attendance records from the State Board of Education to individual school districts on their websites.

• Repeals Section 5-110.1 (continuing education requirements for board members) and removes penalties for failing to complete training instruction.

• Directs board members to represent their constituents' interests and hold the superintendent accountable; effective July 1, 2025, with emergency declared.