Must special education or vocational education cooperatives comply with the laws?
No. The laws refer only to school districts (and other charter and higher educational entities) and do not specifically apply the requirements to cooperative arrangements. However, if a school board is the administrative district for a cooperative, the employees of the cooperative could be considered employees of the board for purposes of compensation reporting. A conservative approach in that situation would be for the administrative district to post the information for covered cooperative employees, including a clear indication of the distinction between general district employees and cooperative employees.
