HARRISBURG - A bill designed to limit the taxpayer cost of buyouts for public-school superintendents and to expose the terms to greater public view took a first step in the Pennsylvania Senate yesterday in the wake of a couple of heavily criticized payouts.
The bill, approved unanimously by the Senate Education Committee, would require severance packages to be detailed upfront in contracts that are public records. It also would impose caps on the value of buyouts that are negotiated later by school boards and superintendents who agree not to follow the contract.
