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November 12, 2018
Title: Superintendents: The Big Payout
Topic: School Board Trustees Send Too Much
Discussed by Emily Sass
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)
Some Texas public school districts pay their departing superintendents so much
severance that they lose state funding. Emily Sass, with the Texas Public Policy
Foundation, has the details and some suggestions…
Questions/Issues Discussed:
Do the elected School Board Trustees have an obligation to hold the dollars
assigned for their students and to spend them with the utmost care?
Are too many School Boards giving too many Superintendents golden parachutes
when they move on?
Giving so much money to exiting Superintendents has greatly affected the amount
of money allowed for training a new person for the position. Listen as Emily
Sass discusses this important issue.
Should the Texas Legislature restrict the amount of severance Superintends may
receive in order to give more to teachers?
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