JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No. 650, report as follows:

A. We recommend that the Senate Amendment be rejected.

B. We recommend that the engrossed bill be amended as follows to resolve the matters under disagreement.

1. Page 1, line 15, after State Board.

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All contract terms for superintendents shall expire on June 30.

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All contract terms for superintendents shall expire on June 30.

2. Page 1, line 19, after years.

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However, a school board, at any time during the term of any initial or subsequent contract, may amend such contract to extend the term of the contract for no more than four years from the date of such amendment.

Respectfully submitted,

Mitchell Van Yahres

Thomas M. Jackson, Jr.

James H. Dillard II

Conferees on the part of the House

H. Russell Potts, Jr.

Stephen H. Martin

Janet D. Howell

Conferees on the part of the Senate