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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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