1st Sub. S.B. 64
         PUBLIC EDUCATION EMPLOYMENT REFORM

Senate Floor Amendments

Amendment 2 February 29, 2012 8:33 AM



Senator J. Stuart Adams proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 1, Lines 15 through 16 :    

             15          
{   .    requires a charter school to comply with Title 52, Chapter 3, Prohibiting

             16      Employment of Relatives;  
}


2.    Page 4, Lines 88 through 89 :    

             88          (3) [The following statutes governing public employees and officers do] Chapter 8a,
             89      Public Education Human Resource Management Act,
  and Title 52, Chapter 3, Prohibiting Employment of Relatives,            {   does   }        do       not apply to a charter [schools:]


3.    Page 8, Lines 234 through 236 :    

             234          (1) "Career employee" means an employee of a school district who has obtained a
             235      reasonable expectation of continued employment based upon
{   Section [ 53A-8-106 ] 53A-8a-201

             236      and an agreement with the employee or the employee's association, district practice, or  
}
policy
  of a local school board       .


4.    Page 13, Lines 384 through 386 :    

             384          (c) of parents submitted by school community councils within the district.
 

    (4) Subject to Subsection (5), the joint committee may:
    (a) adopt or adapt an evaluation program for teachers based on a model developed by the State Board of Education; or
    (b) create its own evaluation program for teachers.  

             385          
{   (4)   }        (5)       The evaluation program developed by the joint committee must comply with the

             386      requirements of this
{   chapter   }        part       .


5.    Page 17, Lines 492 through 495 :    

             492          (2) requiring a teacher's summative evaluation to be based on:
             493          (a) student learning growth
  or achievement, if measures of student learning growth are not available       ; and

             494          (b) standards of instructional quality;
{   and   }       

    (3) requiring student learning growth or achievement to be the most significant factor in determining a teacher's performance rating; and  


             495
         
{   (3)   }        (4)       requiring each school district to fully implement an evaluation system for educators


6.    Page 22, Lines 665 through 666 :    

             665          (1) The State Board of Education shall make rules requiring a school district's
             666      employee compensation system to be
{   aligned with   }        based on the outcomes of       the district's annual evaluation system.


7.    Page 22, Lines 667 through 669 :    

             667          (2) Rules adopted under Subsection (1) shall:
             668          (a) establish a timeline for developing and implementing an employee compensation
             669      system that is
{   aligned with   }        based on the outcomes of       an annual evaluation system; and


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