Key Votes
HB 942 - School Board and Superintendent Contracts - Key Vote
Louisiana Key Votes
Stages
- June 29, 2010 Executive Signed
- June 16, 2010 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- June 14, 2010 Senate Bill Passed
- May 10, 2010 House Bill Passed
- March 18, 2010 Introduced
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Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - June 29, 2010
Title: School Board and Superintendent Contracts
Signed by Governor Bobby Jindal
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) (91-1) - June 16, 2010
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (22-13) - June 14, 2010
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (76-16) - May 10, 2010 (Key vote)
Title: School Board and Superintendent Contracts
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill relating to the hiring and firing process of school superintendents.
Highlights:
-Requires the favorable vote of a majority of the membership of the school board to elect a superintendent (Sec. 1).
-Specifies that the vote of a majority of the board membership be required to decide whether or not to offer the superintendent a new contract (Sec. 1).
-Provides that a local superintendent may be removed from office before his or her contract expires for cause, rather than for being found incompetent, inefficient, or unworthy (Sec. 1).
-Requires 2/3 of the board membership to remove a superintendent prior to the expiration of his or her contract (Sec. 1).
-Establishes that the superintendent has primary responsibility for personnel actions in the district, but requires the superintendent to submit recommendations to the board concerning the hiring or teachers and other personnel, which are subject to approval (Sec. 1).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - March 18, 2010
Title: Board members may not manage school superintendents
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- Henry L. Burns (LA - R)
- Thomas G. Carmody Jr. (LA - R)
- Franklin J. Foil (LA - R)
- Elbert Lee Guillory (LA - D)
- Rickey Hardy (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- J. Cameron Henry Jr. (LA - R)
- John F. LaBruzzo Jr. (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Nancy R. Landry (LA - R)
- Anthony V. 'Tony' Ligi Jr. (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Nickie Monica (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- J. Kevin Pearson (LA - R)
- Jerome 'Dee' Richard (LA - I)
- Cedric L. Richmond (LA - D) (Out Of Office)
- M. J. 'Mert' Smiley Jr. (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jane H. Smith (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Major Thibaut Jr. (LA - D)
