Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools
Summary
Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools; Exempting district school boards from requirements for adopting certain rules; deleting a requirement for a district school board to employ an internal auditor in certain circumstances; revising requirements relating to district school board attendance policies for Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Programs; prohibiting a school from being required to use a certain parameter as the sole determining factor to recruit instructional personnel; specifying requirements for advanced degrees that may be used to set salary schedules for instructional personnel and school administrators hired after a specified date; revising eligibility requirements for individuals to participate in the Teacher Apprenticeship Program, etc.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Jan 2026
Senate Passage
Jan 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Last action Mar 13, 2026
Floor votes · Senate Jan 22, 2026
How they voted
37–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 40
Jan 22, 2026
D
Democratic11
81% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican28
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Jan 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 14, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0
upper
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 01/14/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
upper
Dec 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Education Pre-K - 12; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
upper
Dec 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K - 12, 12/09/25, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Nov 21, 2025
Committee
Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Corey Simon
RRepublican
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