county school
superintendents; advisory committee
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Committee on Education |
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Committee on Appropriations |
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Caucus and COW |
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Third Read |
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As Passed the House |
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HB 2284 provides additional duties for the county school superintendent including providing assistance to school districts and charter schools to align curriculum and to meet adequate yearly progress goals.
Current statute lists the responsibilities of the county school superintendent (superintendent), including:
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Distributing all
laws, reports, circulars, instructions and forms that the superintendent may
receive for the use of school officers.
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Recording all
official acts.
· Appointing governing board members to vacant positions. The superintendent may, if deemed in the best interest of the community, call a special election to fill the vacancies.
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Making reports,
when directed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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Reporting annually
by October 1 to the Superintendent of Public Instruction showing the amount of
monies received from state school funds, special school district taxes and
other sources, the total expenditures for school purposes and the balance on
hand to the credit of each school district at the close of the school year.
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Contracting with
the board of supervisors to conduct all regular school district elections.
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Being responsible,
in cooperation with the governing boards and the board of supervisors, for all
special school district elections.
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Maintaining teacher
and administrator certification records of effective dates and expiration dates
of teachers' and administrators' certificates in compliance with guidelines
prescribed in the uniform system of financial records for those school
districts for which the superintendent is the fiscal agent.
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Estimating the
additional amount needed for the school district from the primary property tax
to cover the costs of excess utilities or desegregation expenses.
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Administering any
programs that provide educational services to an accommodation school.
· Declares that the office of county school superintendent is designated as a local education service agency to be eligible to receive and spend local, state and federal monies to provide programs and services to county school districts and charter schools.
· Places the office of county school superintendent under the jurisdiction of the superintendent.
· Allows the superintendent to establish an advisory committee consisting of a specific list of members. Members are appointed to staggered two-year terms, but are not eligible for compensation. The advisory committee is charged with:
· Reviewing and providing comments to the superintendent on any issue requested by the superintendent.
· Facilitating collaboration between organizations that serve students in the county.
· Requires the superintendent to:
· Provide assistance to school districts and charter schools on the use of student data, staff development, curriculum alignment and technology to improve student performance in collaboration with the Department of Education and other state agencies.
· Assist schools in meeting yearly adequate progress goals.
· Annually report by July 1 to the Superintendent of Public Instruction a summary of the services and programs provided by the office of the county school superintendent.
· Allows the superintendent to provide:
· Discretionary programs at the request of school districts and charter schools.
· Statutorily required programs in the county or jointly with one or more counties.
· Makes technical and conforming changes.
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45th Legislature
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Second Regular Session 2 April
11, 2002
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