HB 22-1110

House Bill 22-1110 allows school boards and charter school governing bodies in Colorado to hold private meetings, or executive sessions, when discussing job offers with candidates for the position of superintendent (for school districts) or chief executive officer (for charter schools). This can happen only after they have interviewed multiple finalists publicly. The bill lets these groups privately negotiate employment contracts with chosen candidates and decide which finalist to prioritize based on those interviews. Since it has been signed, this bill is now law and affects how school boards and charter schools handle the hiring process for top leadership positions.

Official Summary

The act authorizes a board of education of a school district and the governing body of a district charter school or of an institute charter school to meet in executive session to discuss negotiations for an employment contract with one or more finalists for the position of chief executive officer, as long as the following conditions have been satisfied: The board or governing body has named more than one candidate as a finalist for the position of chief executive officer; and The board or governing body holds a public forum to conduct interviews with each of the finalists. The act defines "chief executive officer" as a superintendent of a school district or a chief executive officer of a charter school. The act clarifies that the board or governing body may, in addition to interviewing finalists in a public forum, interview finalists in executive session and instruct personnel and representatives to begin contract negotiations with one or more candidates in executive session, including the necessary process to prioritize, for the purposes of negotiation, one or more finalists after public forums have been completed. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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