Division superintendents; employment and contractual matters, annual salary, limitation.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement mechanisms or existing contract provisions.

Limiting Division Superintendents' Salaries

This law sets a limit on the annual salary that can be paid to division superintendents by school boards.

What This Bill Does

• Defines 'annual salary' for division superintendents, including bonuses and other forms of compensation.
• Prohibits school boards from paying division superintendents an annual salary exceeding what is authorized for the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Who It Names or Affects

• Division superintendents
• School boards

Terms To Know

annual salary

The total fixed compensation a division superintendent receives in a 52-week year, including bonuses and other financial benefits.

Superintendent of Public Instruction

A state-level position responsible for overseeing public education policies and programs.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify what happens to existing contracts before January 1, 2027.
• It is unclear how the salary limit will be enforced or monitored by school boards.

Official Summary Text

Division superintendents; employment and contractual matters; annual salary; limitation.
Prohibits any school board from paying, agreeing to or entering into a contract to pay, or otherwise compensating a division superintendent an annual salary, as that term is defined by the bill, that exceeds the amount authorized to be paid to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

Current Bill Text

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
22.1-60.2
, relating to division superintendents; employment and contractual matters; annual salary; limitation.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered
22.1-60.2
as follows:

§
22.1-60.2
.
Salary
of
division
superintendent; limitation on annual salary.

A. As used in this section, "annual salary"
means the fixed
total
compensation for
services paid to a
division superintendent
in a
52-week year and includes
(i) all bonuses, incentive payments, or performance-based payments receive
d
per year, whether one-time or recurring; (ii) all forms of deferred compensation, including retirement enhancement annuities, severance provisions, or employer-funded supplemental retirement plans; and (iii) any other financial benefits or
remuneration
prov
ided by the school board
that
functions
as salary, regardless of how
it is labeled or structured.
"Annual salary" does not include any reasonable allowances or stipends that a
re tied to actual documented expenses and not used as supplemental compensation, including travel allowances, technology stipends, or similar expense-based payments.

B.
No
school board shall
pa
y
,
agree
to
,

or enter into a contract to pay or ot
herwise compensate
a division superintendent
an annual salary
that exceeds the amount authorized
to be paid to
the Superintendent
of Public Instruction
.

2. That the provisions of the first enactment of this act shall apply to any contract or renegotiated contract for a division superintendent agreed to by a school board on or after January 1, 2027.