§ 1209 County Superintendent Salary Approval

• •Superintendents can’t change their own pay or benefits on their own.
• •The county board of education must discuss any pay changes at a regular public meeting.
• •The board must officially approve the change before it can happen.
• •The rule applies to salary, other money benefits, and pension.

A superintendent asks for a bigger paycheck and tells the board after a meeting that wasn't scheduled for the public.

Because the law requires the raise to be discussed at a regularly scheduled public board meeting and approved by the board first, the superintendent cannot get the raise until that happens.