H1030 - 2016 Appropriations Act. (SL 2016-94)

Overview: Sec. 9.4 of S.L. 2016-94 establishes the Joint Legislative Study Committee on School-Based Administrator Pay (Committee), a six-member Committee directed to study and make recommendations on:

• The feasibility of revising the school-based administrator salary schedule, and whether revisions are needed.
• The process of recruiting and retaining principals in the State as compared with the process of recruiting and retaining executives in other professions.
• Strategies for recruiting and retaining the most qualified principals in low-performing and hard-to-staff schools.

The Committee must submit a final report on the results of the study, including any proposed legislation, to the General Assembly and the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, on or before December 31, 2016. The Committee will terminate on December 31, 2016, or upon the filing of its final report, whichever occurs first.

This section became effective July 1, 2016.