2007 House Bill 4796 ↩

House Roll Call 164: Passed

To restrict a school district from paying its superintendent or any other employee more than the governor, which is $172,000. The bill would allow exceptions if a district could demonstrate "to the satisfaction" of the state superintendent of public education's that comparable districts around the country are paying more. A Democratic floor amendment tie-barred the bill to an increase in the state income tax from 3.9 percent to 4.6 percent. This means the school superintendent compensation cap would not go into effect unless the income tax hike proposed by House Bill 4500 did became law.