AB 441

This bill creates a categorical aid for a school district that enters into an

agreement to share administrative personnel services with other school districts or

a local unit of government. To be eligible for the aid, the school district must pass

a resolution approving participation in the shared services aid program. The amount

of aid a school district receives under the shared services aid program is based on the

administrative positions that are shared under the agreement.

Under the bill, during the first three school years of an agreement, each school

district receives the following amount for each of the following administrative

positions that is shared under the agreement:

1. For a school district administrator, $40,000.

2. For a human resources director, information technology director, or business

manager, $22,500.

3. For any other adminsitrative position other than principals and assistant

principals, $17,500.

In the fourth and fifth school years of an agreement, school districts receive half

of the amounts described above. If, in any school year, the amount appropriated for

this aid is insufficient to pay these amounts to all entitled school districts, the

Department of Public Instruction must prorate the aid amounts.

Finally, under the bill, there is no limit to the number of positions that may be

shared under an agreement.