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Introduced Session

This bill, the "Empower the Principal Act," would eliminate the positions of superintendent of schools and assistant superintendent of schools. Under the bill, a board of education may not reappoint, or enter into a new employment contract for, a superintendent or an assistant superintendent. The executive county superintendents will assume the superintendents' current duties to exercise general supervision over all aspects of the schools and to keep informed, and report on, the condition and progress of the schools. The executive county superintendents will also have a seat on the boards of education of the districts of the county. In addition, the bill provides that the principal of each school in a district will have direct oversight over the school to which the principal is assigned. The bill prohibits a district from employing more than one vice-principal or assistant principal in each school. Following the bill's effective date, after the expiration of each superintendent's or assistant superintendent's contract, any duties, powers, or responsibilities to be performed by a superintendent or an assistant superintendent pursuant to any provision of law will be performed by the executive county superintendent; however, the bill gives the executive county superintendent authority to delegate any such duties, powers, or responsibilities to the school principals. The bill repeals the sections of law that specifically address the positions of superintendent and assistant superintendent. The bill also amends the sections of law permitting boards of education to share a superintendent or school business administrator to provide only for the sharing of a school business administrator.

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Bob Auth (R)*,  Erik Peterson (R), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee (on 01/11/2022)

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