§ 1281 County Superintendent Consultant Rules

This law says a county school superintendent can’t hire a consultant they have a money interest in, and any consulting contract worth $25,000 or more that changes the budget must be put in the next financial report to the board.

Key Takeaways

•Superintendents can’t hire consultants they have a financial stake in.
•Any consulting contract of $25,000 or more that changes the budget must be reported.
•The report has to be part of the next interim financial report presented at a regular board meeting.

Example

Superintendent Jane wants to hire a consulting firm that she owns 15% of, and the contract would cost $30,000 and change the school budget.

Because Jane has a financial interest in the firm, she can’t hire them at all. Even if she didn’t own the firm, the $30,000 contract that changes the budget would have to be listed in the next interim financial report for the board to discuss.

How to Calculate

Report Required = (Contract Amount ≥ $25,000) AND (Contract is a budget revision)

Look at the total amount of the consultant contract.
Check if the amount is $25,000 or more.
Determine whether the contract changes the budget (a budget revision).
If both steps 2 and 3 are true, the contract must be included in the next interim financial report to the county board of education.

Superintendent signs a $40,000 consulting contract that revises the school budget.

Result: Since $40,000 ≥ $25,000 and it is a budget revision, the contract must be listed in the next interim financial report for board approval.

(a) No county superintendent of schools may hire as a consultant any entity in which he or she has a financial interest. (b) If the county superintendent of schools enters into a consultant contract for twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more and the contract constitutes a budget revision, it shall be incorporated in the next interim financial report or other board report when the report is submitted to the county board of education for discussion and approval at a regularly scheduled public meeting of the county board of education. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 838, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2000.)

Key Takeaways

•Superintendents can’t hire consultants they have a financial stake in.
•Any consulting contract of $25,000 or more that changes the budget must be reported.
•The report has to be part of the next interim financial report presented at a regular board meeting.

Example

Superintendent Jane wants to hire a consulting firm that she owns 15% of, and the contract would cost $30,000 and change the school budget.

How to Calculate

Report Required = (Contract Amount ≥ $25,000) AND (Contract is a budget revision)

Look at the total amount of the consultant contract.
Check if the amount is $25,000 or more.
Determine whether the contract changes the budget (a budget revision).
If both steps 2 and 3 are true, the contract must be included in the next interim financial report to the county board of education.

Superintendent signs a $40,000 consulting contract that revises the school budget.

Result: Since $40,000 ≥ $25,000 and it is a budget revision, the contract must be listed in the next interim financial report for board approval.

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§ 1281 County Superintendent Consultant Rules

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