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SB 1523 Teachers turnover; exit questionnaire.

Introduced by: T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Teacher turnover; exit questionnaire; pilot program. Requires the Department of Education to develop and oversee a pilot program to administer across five geographically and demographically diverse school divisions the model exit questionnaire for teachers developed by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, analyze the results of each such questionnaire, and include such results and analysis in the Superintendent's annual report beginning in 2018. The bill requires the Department to (i) administer such questionnaire to each teacher who ceases to be employed by the relevant school board for any reason and (ii) collect, maintain, and report on the results of each such questionnaire in a manner that ensures the confidentiality of each teacher's name and other personally identifying information. This bill is identical to HB 2140.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Teacher turnover; exit questionnaire. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in order to track and make public the rate of and reasons for teacher turnover, to develop and provide to local school divisions an exit questionnaire for teachers; require each school board to administer such questionnaire to each exiting teacher and to provide the results of each such questionnaire to the Department of Education; and report annually to the Governor, the House Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Education and Health the rate of and reasons for teacher turnover based on the results of such questionnaires.