On March 13, 2013, Governor Otter signed House Bill 163 into law. The purpose of the new law is to:
- provide for the orderly business operations for school districts and public charter schools with regard to setting dates certain for confirmation of personnel employment status at a time so as to allow for the board’s full consideration in setting the school’s annual fiscal budget; and
- provide for the cost saving and time saving process of allowing for electronic delivery of standard contracts to professional employees while still assuring receipt of the electronic delivery prior to taking negative action for non-response. Every contract return in email version saves local districts the certified mail cost which is currently $5.75.