A bill for an act relating to civil actions against school board members and superintendents for school policies that violate state law.

SF 178 allows any resident of a school district to notify their county attorney if they believe a school board policy or superintendent action violates state law. The county attorney can then sue the specific board members who voted for the policy and the superintendent to force compliance with state law. If the county attorney wins, the court must award either $1,000 per defendant or the attorney’s actual legal costs, with funds deposited into the county’s general fund for the attorney’s use. This bill creates a direct legal pathway for enforcing state law compliance in school policies, targeting only those who voted for the violating policy.