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SB 1255 - Teachers; alternative performance evaluations

Tracking Level: Support
Sponsor: Sylvia Allen
Last Action: 3/23/2018 - Chapter 57
Senate Committee: Rules
House Committee: Rules
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

Under current law, the State Board of Education (SBE) is required to adopt and maintain a model framework for a teacher and principal evaluation instrument, which includes four performance classifications of highly effective, effective, developing, and ineffective. School governing boards are required to establish a system for teacher evaluations that results in at least one evaluation of each teacher every school year by a qualified evaluator. Evaluations require at least two classroom observations unless the governing board waives the second classroom observation due to the teacher being designated as effective or highly effective for the current school year. 

Provisions: 

This bill enables a school district to use an alternative performance evaluation cycle for teachers who have been formally evaluated and designated in the highest performance classification for at least three consecutive years by the same school district. District governing boards may adopt policies for an expedited performance review during the years in which a teacher is not undergoing a formal performance evaluation. 

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Summary:

Teachers; alternative performance evaluations

Title:

Teachers; alternative performance evaluations

Introduction Date:

Monday, January 22, 2018