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AB-2710 Public schools: school superintendent contracts: ethics training.(2013-2014)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 42135 is added to the Education Code, to read:

42135.
 (a) An employment contract executed or renewed on or after January 1, 2015, between a local educational agency and a district or county superintendent of schools may include a loan for the purchase of a home only if both of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The employee is relocating to an area with a high cost of housing, and the school board makes a public finding to that effect.
(2) The loan agreement contains a provision that, if employment is terminated by either the employer or the employee, the unpaid balance of the loan may be recovered by the local educational agency within a reasonable period of time.
(b) Before executing or renewing an employment contract between a school district and a district superintendent of schools, the governing board of the school district shall review the proposed contract, including each contract term and the value of each element of compensation, at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing board. Each compensation term and its value shall be listed in the agenda for the meeting in accordance with Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code. The portion of the meeting that is open to the public shall include public discussion and comment on each element of the proposed contract. If all elements of compensation in the proposed contract are not listed in the agenda, as specified in this subdivision, the employment contract shall be void.
(c) The Legislature encourages the governing board of the school district to make a public finding that the employment contract, including each element of compensation, is reasonable in comparison to similar school districts in the state.

SEC. 2.

 Section 42143 is added to the Education Code, to read:

42143.
 (a) If a school district or county office of education maintains an Internet Web site, it shall post the annual expenditures for its activities in a clear, visible, and searchable format that includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) The cost of instruction.
(2) The salary schedule for certificated employees.
(3) The salary schedule for classified employees.
(4) The total amount of expenditures.
(5) The expenditure per unit of average daily attendance, and a comparison of that number to the statewide average for all school districts.
(b) The school district or county office of education shall annually update the information required pursuant to this section, and shall include a link on its Internet Web site to the school district’s or county office of education’s profile on Ed-Data.

SEC. 4.SEC. 3.

 Section 53234 of the Government Code is amended to read:

53234.
 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: terms have the following meanings: 
(a) “Legislative body” has the same meaning as specified in Section 54952.
(b) “Local agency” means a city, county, city and county, charter city, charter county, charter city and county, school district,  county office of education, charter school, school district,  or special district.
(c) “Local agency official” means any of  the following:
(1) A Any  member of a local agency legislative body or an any  elected local agency official who receives any type of compensation, salary, or stipend or reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.
(2) An Any  employee designated by a local agency governing body to receive the training specified under this article.
(3) A member of the governing board of a school district, a county board of education, or the governing body of a charter school, whether or not that member receives any type of compensation, salary, or stipend or reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of official duties.
(d) “Ethics laws” include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Laws relating to personal financial gain by public servants, including, but not limited to, laws prohibiting bribery and conflict-of-interest laws.
(2) Laws relating to claiming perquisites of office, including, but not limited to, gift and travel restrictions, prohibitions against the use of public resources for personal or political purposes, prohibitions against gifts of public funds, mass mailing restrictions, and prohibitions against acceptance of free or discounted transportation by transportation companies.
(3) Government transparency laws, including, but not limited to, financial interest disclosure requirements and open government laws.
(4) Laws relating to fair processes, including, but not limited to, common law bias prohibitions, due process requirements, incompatible offices, competitive bidding requirements for public contracts, and disqualification from participating in decisions affecting family members.

SEC. 5.SEC. 4.

 Section 53235.1 of the Government Code is amended to read:

53235.1.
 (a) Each local agency official in local agency service as of January 1, 2006, except for officials whose term of office ends before January 9, 2007, shall receive the training required by subdivision (a) of Section 53235 before January 1, 2007. Thereafter, each local agency official shall receive the training required by subdivision (a) of Section 53235 at least once every two years.
(b) (1) Each  Except as provided in paragraph (2), each    local agency official who commences service with a local agency on or after January 1, 2006, shall receive the training required by subdivision (a) of Section 53235 no later than one year from the first day of service with the local agency. Thereafter, each local agency official shall receive the training required by subdivision (a) of Section 53235 at least once every two years.
(2) (c)  Each  For county offices of education or school districts, each  local agency official who,  in service  as of January 1, 2025, is a member of the governing board of a school district, a county board of education, or the governing body of a charter school,  2015,  except for officials whose term of office ends before January 1, 2026, 2016,  shall receive the training required by paragraph (2) of  pursuant to  subdivision (a) of Section 53235 before January 1, 2026. 2016.  Thereafter, each local agency official who is a member of the governing board of a school district, a county board of education, or the governing body of a charter school  shall receive the training required by paragraph (2) of  subdivision (a) of Section 53235 at least once every two years.
(c) (d)  A local agency official who serves more than one local agency shall satisfy the requirements of this article once every two years without regard to the number of local agencies with which the official  he or she  serves.
SEC. 5.
 If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.