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H.B. 51

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INSERVICE FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS

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2000 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Lawanna Shurtliff

             5      AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS; REQUIRING EACH LOCAL SCHOOL
             6      BOARD, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TO
             7      ESTABLISH AN INSERVICE PROGRAM FOR ITS SCHOOL BUILDING AND DISTRICT
             8      OFFICE ADMINISTRATORS; PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR THE PROGRAM; PROVIDING
             9      FOR AN ANNUAL REPORT; REQUIRING THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO
             10      MAKE A RULE REQUIRING ADMINISTRATORS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM
             11      IN ORDER TO RETAIN THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSES; AND PROVIDING AN
             12      EFFECTIVE DATE.
             13      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             14      AMENDS:
             15          53A-6-104, as repealed and reenacted by Chapter 108, Laws of Utah 1999
             16      ENACTS:
             17          53A-3-411.5, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             18      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             19          Section 1. Section 53A-3-411.5 is enacted to read:
             20          53A-3-411.5. School administrators inservice program -- Focus of program -- Annual
             21      report.
             22          (1) (a) Each local school board shall, in collaboration with the State Board of Education,
             23      establish an inservice program for its school administrators.
             24          (b) As used in this section, "school administrators" means school building level personnel
             25      such as principals, assistant principals, and other administrators who work directly with educators
             26      at the school building level and administrators who work in the school district office.
             27          (2) The inservice program shall focus primarily on assisting administrators to enhance their


             28      skills to more effectively:
             29          (a) promote the professional growth of educators in the classroom;
             30          (b) identify educators whose classroom performance is inadequate;
             31          (c) perform classroom observations and teacher evaluations; and
             32          (d) provide opportunities to help improve the performance of educators identified under
             33      Subsection (2)(b).
             34          (3) The State Board of Education, through the state superintendent of public instruction,
             35      shall:
             36          (a) provide inservice program models, which local boards may use to establish the program
             37      required under Subsection (1);
             38          (b) during the 2000-01 school year, hold regional conferences for school administrators
             39      focused on the skills referred to in Subsection (2); and
             40          (c) provide an annual report on the effectiveness of the inservice program to the
             41      Legislature, together with a budgetary recommendation for the resources required to effectively
             42      maintain the program in each school district.
             43          (4) Each local school board shall hold workshops as part of its administrators' inservice
             44      program during the 2001 and 2002 school years, that:
             45          (a) include a follow-up on the issues discussed in the statewide conference required under
             46      Subsection (3)(b); and
             47          (b) are collaborated with the State Board of Education, through the state superintendent
             48      of public instruction.
             49          Section 2. Section 53A-6-104 is amended to read:
             50           53A-6-104. Board licensure.
             51          (1) (a) The board may issue licenses for educators.
             52          (b) A person employed in a position that requires licensure by the board shall hold the
             53      appropriate license.
             54          (2) (a) The board may by rule rank, endorse, or otherwise classify licenses and establish
             55      the criteria for obtaining and retaining licenses.
             56          (b) The board shall make rules requiring participation in:
             57          (i) professional development activities in order for educators to retain their licenses; and
             58          (ii) the inservice program outlined in Section 53A-3-411.5 in order for school


             59      administrators to retain their administrative licenses.
             60          (3) Unless suspended or revoked by the board, or surrendered by the educator, a license
             61      is valid for the following period:
             62          (a) a letter of authorization is valid for one year, or a shorter period as specified by the
             63      board, subject to renewal by the board for a total of not more than four years;
             64          (b) a level 1 license is valid for three years, subject to renewal by the board for a total of
             65      not more than six years;
             66          (c) a level 2 license is valid for five years, subject to renewal by the board; and
             67          (d) a level 3 license is valid for seven years, subject to renewal by the board.
             68          Section 3. Effective date.
             69          This act takes effect on July 1, 2000.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 12-15-99 10:51 AM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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