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HB2075 - 572R - H Ver
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school districts;
employment contracts; publication
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
HOUSE BILL 2075
AN
ACT
amending title 15, chapter 5, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-503.01; relating to school
employees.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 5, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-503.01, to
read:
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15-503.01.
Superintendents;
assistant superintendents; associate superintendents; chief financial officers;
employment contracts; posting requirements; annual report
A. Each school district governing
board shall submit to the department of education
both of
the following:
1.either:
(a)
A
copy of the employment contract, including any extension or amendment to the
contract, for each individual who has been employed by the school district
during the preceding five school years as a superintendent, an assistant
superintendent, an associate superintendent or a chief financial officer.
(b)
An
attestation stating that the school district has not employed a superintendent,
an assistant superintendent, an associate superintendent or a chief financial
officer during the preceding five school years.
2. either:
(
a
)
a copy of the employment contract, including any extension or
amendment to the contract, for each individual who is currently employed as a
superintendent, an assistant superintendent, an associate superintendent or a
chief financial officer not later than thirty days after the date on which the
school DISTRICT entered into the contract or approved the extension or
amendment to the contract.
(
b
)
an affidavit stating that the employment contract of the
superintendent, assistant superintendent, associate superintendent or chief
financial officer, as applicable, is the same as the employment contract that
the school district submitted for the immediately preceding year.� an affidavit
submitted pursuant to this subdivision must be submitted not later than thirty
days after the anniversary of the date on which the school district entered
into the contract.
B. The department shall
:
1.post all contracts that are submitted pursuant
to subsection A of this section on the department's website.� The department
may not remove a contract that is posted pursuant to this subsection until at
least five years after the date on which the employment of the superintendent,
assistant superintendent, associate superintendent or chief financial officer
is terminated.� The department may redact personally identifiable information
that is exempt from public disclosure as a matter of law before posting an
employment contract on the department's website.
2. create a searchable online
database that is posted on the department's website and that contains, at a
minimum, the following information from each contract that is submitted
pursuant to subsection a of this section:
(
a
)
the school district's name.
(
b
)
the base salary for each superintendent, ASSISTANT superintendent,
associate superintendent and chief financial officer who is employed by the
school district.
(
c
)
the total amount of performance based pay that the school district
governing board awards to each superintendent, assistant superintendent,
associate superintendent and chief financial officer.
(
d
)
the total amount of employer contributions for retirement benefits for
each superintendent, assistant superintendent, associate superintendent and
chief financial officer.
(
e
)
the total amount of STIPENDS paid to each superintendent, assistant
superintendent, associate superintendent and chief financial officer who is
employed by the school district, disaggregated by the purpose or type of
stipend.
(
f
)
the total hours of personal leave and paid time off that are awarded
to each superintendent, assistant superintendent, associate superintendent and
chief financial officer.
(
g
)
whether each superintendent, assistant superintendent, associate
superintendent and chief financial officer is entitled to payment for unused
personal leave and paid time off.
(
h
)
the total amount of employer contributions for health insurance
premiums for the spouse and DEpENDeNTS of each superintendent, ASSISTANT
SUPERINTENDENT, Associate superintendent and chief financial officer.
(
i
)
the total amount of employer contributions for life insurance for each
superintendent, assistant superintendent, ASSOCIATE superintendent and chief
financial officer.
C. Each school district governing
board shall post on the school district's website a copy of each contract and
attestation that the governing board submits to the department pursuant to
subsection A of this section.� A school district may not remove a contract that
is posted pursuant to this subsection until at least five years after the date
on which the employment of the superintendent, assistant superintendent,
associate superintendent or chief financial officer is terminated.� A school district
may redact personally identifiable information that is exempt from public
disclosure as a matter of law before posting an employment contract on the
school district's website.
D. On or before December 1 of each
year, the department of education shall compile a report that includes all of
the following information for each school district in this state and shall post
the report on the department's website:
1. If the school district employs a
superintendent pursuant to section 15-503:
(
a
) The base
salary of the superintendent.
(
b
) A list of
all employee benefits that the superintendent may receive pursuant to the
superintendent's employment contract, including, if applicable, the monetary
value of each benefit.
(
c
) If the
superintendent has a car allowance under the superintendent's employment
contract, the amount of the allowance.
2. If, pursuant to section 15-502
or 15-503, the school district employs an assistant superintendent,
associate superintendent or chief financial officer, or any combination of
assistant superintendents, associate superintendents and chief financial
officers:
(
a
) The base
salary of each assistant superintendent, associate superintendent and chief
financial officer.
(
b
) A list of
all employee benefits that each assistant superintendent, associate
superintendent and chief financial officer may receive pursuant to the
individual's employment contract, including, if applicable, the monetary value
of each benefit.
(
c
) if the
assistant superintendent, associate superintendent or chief financial officer
has a car allowance under the individual's employment contract, the amount of
the allowance.
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