S.B. 101

This document includes Senate 2nd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 4:15 PM by bhansen. -->             


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PUBLIC EDUCATION HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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AMENDMENTS

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2014 GENERAL SESSION

             4     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Aaron Osmond

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House Sponsor: Francis D. Gibson

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             8      LONG TITLE
             9      General Description:
             10          This bill modifies provisions relating to human resource management policies
             11      applicable to public education employees.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This bill:
             14          .    modifies the date when a school district is required to adopt S. [ an educator ] .S
             14a      evaluation
             15      S. [ system ] systems for educators and school and district administrators .S in accordance
             15a      with a State Board of Education framework; and
             16          .    modifies the date when S. ;
             16a              . .S a public education employee's advancement on a wage or
             17      salary scale is primarily based on an evaluation S. [ . ] ; and
             17a              . a school or district administrator's salary is based on the school or district
             17b      administrator's most recent evaluation. .S
             18      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             19          None
             20      Other Special Clauses:
             21          None
             22      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             23      AMENDS:


            
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         53A-8a-409, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 425
             25          53A-8a-601, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 425
             25a      S. 53A-8a-702, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 425
             25b          53A-8a-703, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 425 .S
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             27      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:



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         Section 1. Section 53A-8a-409 is amended to read:
             29           53A-8a-409. State Board of Education to establish a framework for the
             30      evaluation of educators.
             31          The State Board of Education shall make rules:
             32          (1) establishing a framework for the evaluation of educators that is consistent with the
             33      requirements of Part 3, Employee Evaluations, and this part;
             34          (2) requiring a teacher's summative evaluation to be based on:
             35          (a) student learning growth or achievement, if measures of student learning growth are
             36      not available; and
             37          (b) standards of instructional quality; and
             38          (3) requiring each school district to fully implement an evaluation system for educators
             39      in accordance with the framework established by the State Board of Education no later than the
             40      [2014-15] 2015-16 school year.
             41          Section 2. Section 53A-8a-601 is amended to read:
             42           53A-8a-601. State Board of Education to make rules on performance
             43      compensation.
             44          (1) The State Board of Education shall make rules requiring a school district's
             45      employee compensation system to be aligned with the district's annual evaluation system.
             46          (2) Rules adopted under Subsection (1) shall:
             47          (a) establish a timeline for developing and implementing an employee compensation
             48      system that is aligned with an annual evaluation system; and
             49          (b) provide that beginning no later than the [2015-16] 2016-17 school year:
             50          (i) any advancement on an adopted wage or salary schedule shall be based primarily on
             51      an evaluation; and
             52          (ii) an employee may not advance on an adopted wage or salary schedule if the
             53      employee's rating on the most recent evaluation is at the lowest level of an evaluation
             54      instrument.
             54a      S. Section 3. Section 53A-8A-702 is amended to read: .S
             54b      53A-8a-702.   Evaluation of school and district administrators.
             54c          The State Board of Education shall:
             54d          (1) establish in rules a framework for the evaluation of school and district administrators that
             54e      includes the following components:
             54f          (a) student achievement indicators emphasizing learning growth and proficiency;
             54g          (b) the results of an evaluation tool utilized by the local school board that includes input from
             54h      employees, parents, and students;.S


            
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     S.(c) the effectiveness of evaluating employee performance in a school or district for which the
             54j      school or district administrator has responsibility; and
             54k          (d) other factors as determined by a local school board in implementing state law and State
             54l      Board of Education rules; and
             54m          (2) require each school district to fully implement an evaluation system for school and district
             54n      administrators in accordance with the framework established by the State Board of Education no later
             54o      than the S. [ 2014-15 ] 2015-16 .S school year.
             54p      Section 4. Section 53A-8A-703 is amended to read:
             54q      53A-8a-703.   Compensation of school and district administrators.
             54r          (1) Beginning no later than the S. [ 2015-16 ] 2016-17 .S school year, a school or district
             54s      administrator's salary shall be based on the school or district administrator's most recent evaluation.
             54t          (2) A school district shall continue each year to award any salary increases to a school or
             54u      district administrator based on an evaluation administered pursuant to Section 53A-8a-702 until at
             54v      least 15% of a school or district administrator's salary is contingent upon the evaluation administered
             54w      pursuant to Section 53A-8a-702. .S



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