Bill > SB580

This bill establishes a school cooperative purchasing program, allowing multiple school districts or school administrative units (SAUs), which are entities that manage schools in a region, to jointly purchase goods and services like transportation or textbooks to potentially save money and improve efficiency. It also grants the State Board of Education the authority to place a school or SAU into receivership, a form of state intervention, in limited circumstances such as significant operational or financial issues, to help develop and implement a turnaround plan. Furthermore, the bill requires school boards and the boards of trustees of chartered public schools to adopt specific policies covering areas like employee management, purchasing, budgeting, and preventing discrimination and sexual harassment.