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SB 324 Teachers; salary should be competitive rate relative to member states in So. Regional Ed. Board.

Introduced by: Mary Margaret Whipple | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Teachers; compensation. Requires the Director of Human Resource Management to consider, in the biennial review of the compensation of teachers and other occupations requiring similar education and training the Commonwealth's compensation for teachers relative to member states in the Southern Regional Education Board. The bill also requires the evaluation of each teacher with continuing contract status at least once every three years. Such teachers who have an unsatisfactory evaluation must be evaluated the following year. Additionally, the bill provides that the evaluations must be maintained in the employee's personnel file.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Teachers; compensation. Requires the Director of Human Resource Management to consider, in the biennial review of the compensation of teachers and other occupations requiring similar education and training the Commonwealth's compensation for teachers relative to member states in the Southern Regional Education Board. The bill also requires the evaluation of each teacher with continuing contract status at least once every three years. Such teachers who have an unsatisfactory evaluation must be evaluated the following year. Additionally, the bill provides that the evaluations must be maintained in the employee's personnel file and copies of the evaluations must be made available to the Board of Education, upon the request of the Board. Further, the Board of Education must establish guidelines for the evaluation of instructional personnel and for the review by the division superintendent or his designee of an unsatisfactory evaluation.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Teachers; compensation.  Establishes, as a goal of the Commonwealth, that the average salary for Virginia public school teachers equal or surpass the national average salary for public school teachers.  The bill requires the evaluation of each teacher with continuing contract status at least once every three years. Such teachers who have an unsatisfactory evaluation must be evaluated the following year. Additionally, the bill provides that the evaluations must be maintained in the employee's personnel file and copies of the evaluations must be made available to the Board of Education upon the request of the Board. Further, the Board of Education must establish guidelines for the evaluation of instructional personnel and for the review by the division superintendent or his designee of an unsatisfactory evaluation.