Introduced
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To prohibit a school district from paying its superintendent or any other employee more than the state superintendent of public education, which is $168,300. Several weeks before the bill was introduced the Detroit school board agreed to pay the district’s new superintendent an annual salary of $280,000, plus a car, a security detail, and a $30,000 performance bonus contingent on undetermined benchmarks.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one that caps school superintentent compensation at the level of the governor.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Substitute offered
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To replace the previous version of the bill with one that tie-bars 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 also.
The substitute passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To limit the salary cap to new hires only. It would not apply to existing school employees (superintendents) whose contracts are renewed.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To require the state Board of Education to ensure that a registry of school employee compensation includes the total compensation package. Note: Some school superintendents get district-provided cars, performance bonuses, and other perks.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To allow exceptions to the salary cap 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.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the House 59 to 50 (details)
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.
Referred to the Committee on Education
