school districts; employment contracts; publication, the official text

PREFILED    DEC 17 2025

REFERENCE TITLE: school districts; employment contracts; publication

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2075

Introduced by

Representative
Livingston

AN
ACT

amending title 15, chapter 5, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-503.01; relating to school
employees.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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:

START_STATUTE15-503.01. 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 either:

1. 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.

2. 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.

B. The department shall 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.

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. END_STATUTE