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"A bill that limits how much severance pay school districts can give exiting superintendents was tabled this week.Rep. Bill Rehm's House Bill 41 would have limited schools and their contracts with superintendents, specifically, if a superintendent were to leave that local district would only be able to pay that person four-weeks salary as a severance.In the past, they've shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to people like Luis Valentino, who worked less than two months, and Winston Brooks who left on shaky terms.The high pay outs angered taxpayers.\"When we do a buyout, no I don't like it,\" said Barbara File. \"I don't think anyone likes it.\"HB 41 would have also laid out contract expectations in detail and limit each superintendent's contract to two years.But that bill didn't make it through.The House tabled it, saying they didn't want to interfere with the school board's authority, since those members are elected.Thing is, even school board members have admitted, superintendent contracts need more teeth.\"We shouldn't have buyouts and that should be included in there and there should be a provision in there for no buyouts,\" Peggy Mueller Aragon.But they've also always said it'd be up to lawmakers to change the wording.The district's superintendent contracts remain the same as they always have, with little to no teeth. Basically, if another superintendent resigns, more of taxpayer money could be out the door, too."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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