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2012 SESSION
SB 438 Public schools; teacher contract and evaluation policies.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Public schools; teacher contract and evaluation policies. Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated and retained, including the replacement of continuing contract status with annual contract status for teachers and principals; a mandatory, two-year probationary status for teachers and principals; allowing termination of annual contracts for just cause; requiring that annual evaluations of teachers, principals, and superintendents include student academic progress as a significant factor; and requiring that force-reduction measures consider performance rather than seniority. The bill also defines the standard 10-month contract as 200 days, of which a minimum must be 180 days of instructional time. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2013.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103767D pdf
- 02/09/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12105095D-S1 pdf
HISTORY
- 01/11/12 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103767D
- 01/11/12 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/25/12 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Public Education
- 02/09/12 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/09/12 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12105095D-S1
- 02/10/12 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/12 Senate: Read second time
- 02/13/12 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/13/12 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12105095D-S1
- 02/13/12 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB438S1
- 02/14/12 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/14/12 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (19-Y 18-N)
- 02/14/12 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N)
- 02/14/12 Senate: Defeated by Senate (18-Y 20-N)