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TEACHER QUALITY AMENDMENTS

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2009 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Gregory H. Hughes

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Senate Sponsor: Howard A. Stephenson

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill creates a program to pilot the development and implementation of
             10      performance-based compensation plans for elementary school classroom-related staff
             11      and modifies reporting requirements for certain student achievement tests.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This bill:
             14          .    directs the State Board of Education to solicit and award grants on a competitive
             15      basis to school districts and charter schools to develop and implement
             16      performance-based compensation plans for elementary school classroom-related
             17      staff;
             18          .    requires the performance-based compensation plans to include certain performance
             19      criteria; and
             20          .    requires criterion-referenced test results to be reported by class.
             21      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             22          This bill appropriates:
             23          .    as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, $300,000 from the
             24      Uniform School Fund to the State Board of Education.
             25      Other Special Clauses:
             26          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2009.
             27      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             28      AMENDS:
             29          53A-1-607, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 244


             30          53A-3-602.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 112 and 244
             31          63I-1-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 250 and renumbered and
             32      amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             33      ENACTS:
             34          53A-17a-163, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             35     
             36      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             37          Section 1. Section 53A-1-607 is amended to read:
             38           53A-1-607. Scoring -- Reports of results.
             39          (1) Each local school board and charter school shall submit all answer sheets for the
             40      achievement tests administered under U-PASS on a per-school and per-class basis to the state
             41      superintendent of public instruction for scoring unless the test requires scoring by a national
             42      testing service.
             43          (2) The district [and], school, and class results of the U-PASS testing program, but not
             44      the score or relative position of individual students, shall be reported to each local school
             45      board or charter school governing board annually at a regularly scheduled meeting.
             46          (3) Each local board and charter school governing board shall make copies of the
             47      report available to the general public upon request.
             48          (4) The board may charge a fee for the copying costs.
             49          (5) The State Board of Education shall annually provide to school districts and charter
             50      schools a comprehensive report for each of their students showing the student's U-PASS test
             51      results for each year the student took a U-PASS test. School districts and charter schools shall
             52      give a copy of the comprehensive report to the student's parents and make the report available
             53      to school staff, as appropriate.
             54          Section 2. Section 53A-3-602.5 is amended to read:
             55           53A-3-602.5. School performance report -- Components -- Annual filing.
             56          (1) The State Board of Education in collaboration with the state's school districts and
             57      charter schools shall develop a school performance report to inform the state's residents of the


             58      quality of schools and the educational achievement of students in the state's public education
             59      system.
             60          (2) The report shall be written and include the following statistical data for each
             61      school in each school district and each charter school, as applicable, and shall also aggregate
             62      the data at the district and state level:
             63          (a) except as provided in Subsection (2)(a)(ii), test scores over the previous year on:
             64          (i) norm-referenced achievement tests;
             65          (ii) criterion-referenced tests to include the scores aggregated for all students:
             66          (A) by grade level or course for the previous two years and an indication of whether
             67      there was a sufficient magnitude of gain in the scores between the two years; and
             68          (B) by class;
             69          (iii) writing assessments required under Section 53A-1-603 ; and
             70          (iv) tenth grade basic skills competency tests required under Section 53A-1-603 ;
             71          (b) college entrance examinations data, including the number and percentage of each
             72      graduating class taking the examinations for the previous four years;
             73          (c) advanced placement and concurrent enrollment data, including:
             74          (i) the number of students taking advanced placement and concurrent enrollment
             75      courses;
             76          (ii) the number and percent of students taking a specific advanced placement course
             77      who take advanced placement tests to receive college credit for the course;
             78          (iii) of those students taking the test referred to in Subsection (2)(c)(ii), the number
             79      and percent who pass the test; and
             80          (iv) of those students taking a concurrent enrollment course, the number and percent
             81      of those who receive college credit for the course;
             82          (d) the number and percent of students in grade 3 reading at or above grade level;
             83          (e) the number and percent of students who were absent from school ten days or more
             84      during the school year;
             85          (f) achievement gaps that reflect the differences in achievement of various student


             86      groups as defined by State Board of Education rule;
             87          (g) the number and percent of "student dropouts" within the district as defined by
             88      State Board of Education rule;
             89          (h) course-taking patterns and trends in secondary schools;
             90          (i) student mobility;
             91          (j) staff qualifications, to include years of professional service and the number and
             92      percent of staff who have a degree or endorsement in their assigned teaching area and the
             93      number and percent of staff who have a graduate degree;
             94          (k) the number and percent of parents who participate in SEP, SEOP, and
             95      parent-teacher conferences;
             96          (l) average class size by grade level and subject;
             97          (m) average daily attendance as defined by State Board of Education rule, including
             98      every period in secondary schools; and
             99          (n) enrollment totals disaggregated with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, limited
             100      English proficiency, and those students who qualify for free or reduced price school lunch.
             101          (3) The State Board of Education, in collaboration with the state's school districts and
             102      charter schools, shall provide for the collection and electronic reporting of the following data
             103      for each school in each school district and each charter school:
             104          (a) test scores and trends over the previous four years on the tests referred to in
             105      Subsection (2)(a);
             106          (b) the average grade given in each math, science, and English course in grades 9
             107      through 12 for which criteria-referenced tests are required under Section 53A-1-603 ;
             108          (c) incidents of student discipline as defined by State Board of Education rule,
             109      including suspensions, expulsions, and court referrals; and
             110          (d) the number and percent of students receiving fee waivers and the total dollar
             111      amount of fees waived.
             112          (4) (a) (i) The State Board of Education shall adopt common definitions and data
             113      collection procedures for local school boards and charter schools to use in collecting and


             114      forwarding the data required under Subsections (2) and (3) to the state superintendent of
             115      public instruction.
             116          (ii) Average class size by grade and subject shall be calculated for the purposes of
             117      Subsection (2)(l) in accordance with the following:
             118          (A) for kindergarten through grade six, average class size by grade shall be calculated
             119      by dividing grade membership on October 1 by the number of classes in the corresponding
             120      grade; and
             121          (B) for grades seven through twelve, average class size shall be calculated for core
             122      language arts, mathematics, and science courses by dividing membership on October 1 in core
             123      language arts, mathematics, or science course classes by the number of classes for the
             124      corresponding course.
             125          (b) The state board, through the state superintendent of public instruction, shall adopt
             126      standard reporting forms and provide a common template for collecting and reporting the data,
             127      which shall be used by all school districts and charter schools.
             128          (c) The state superintendent shall use the automated decision support system referred
             129      to in Section 53A-1-301 to collect and report the data required under Subsections (2) and (3).
             130          (5) The state board, through the state superintendent of public instruction, shall issue
             131      its report annually by October 1 to include the required data from the previous school year or
             132      years as indicated in Subsections (2) and (3).
             133          (6) (a) Each local school board and each charter school shall receive a written or an
             134      electronic copy of the report from the state superintendent of public instruction containing the
             135      data for that school district or charter school in a clear summary format and have it distributed,
             136      on a one per household basis, to the residence of students enrolled in the school district before
             137      November 30th of each year.
             138          (b) Each local school board, each charter school, and the state board shall have a
             139      complete report of the statewide data available for copying or in an electronic format at their
             140      respective offices.
             141          Section 3. Section 53A-17a-163 is enacted to read:


             142          53A-17a-163. Performance-based Compensation Pilot Program.
             143          (1) The Performance-based Compensation Pilot Program is created to pilot the
             144      development and implementation of performance-based compensation plans for elementary
             145      school classroom-related staff.
             146          (2) From monies appropriated by the Legislature for the Performance-based
             147      Compensation Pilot Program, the State Board of Education shall award grants to school
             148      districts and charter schools to develop and implement performance-based compensation plans
             149      for elementary school classroom-related staff.
             150          (3) The State Board of Education shall:
             151          (a) solicit proposals from school districts and charter schools for the use of grant
             152      monies to develop and implement performance-based compensation plans for elementary
             153      school classroom-related staff; and
             154          (b) award grants on a competitive basis.
             155          (4) To receive a grant, a school district or charter school shall submit a proposal to the
             156      State Board of Education to develop and implement a performance-based compensation plan
             157      over a two-year period as follows:
             158          (a) In the first year, the school district or charter school shall develop, administer, and
             159      evaluate performance measures.
             160          (b) In the second year, the school district or charter school shall administer
             161      performance measures and compensate classroom-related staff based on performance.
             162          (c) A performance-based compensation plan shall provide that:
             163          (i) student learning gains shall account for 40% of the maximum amount of
             164      performance-based compensation that may be awarded to an employee;
             165          (ii) an employee's instructional quality or performance as measured by classroom
             166      observations or other instruments shall account for 40% of the maximum amount of
             167      performance-based compensation that may be awarded to an employee; and
             168          (iii) the remaining 20% of the maximum amount that may be awarded to an employee
             169      shall include a measure of parent, student, or community satisfaction.


             170          (d) A proposal shall include a budget and specify the amount of grant monies
             171      requested.
             172          (e) A school district's proposal may apply to one or more elementary schools within
             173      the district.
             174          Section 4. Section 63I-1-253 is amended to read:
             175           63I-1-253. Repeal dates, Titles 53, 53A, and 53B.
             176          The following provisions are repealed on the following dates:
             177          (1) Section 53-3-232 , Conditional licenses, is repealed July 1, 2015.
             178          (2) Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 6, Public Education Job Enhancement Program is
             179      repealed July 1, 2010.
             180          (3) Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 9, Voluntary Extended-day Kindergarten Program, is
             181      repealed July 1, 2011.
             182          (4) The State Instructional Materials Commission, created in Section 53A-14-101 , is
             183      repealed July 1, 2011.
             184          (5) Section 53A-17a-163 , Performance-based Compensation Pilot Program is repealed
             185      July 1, 2011.
             186          Section 5. Appropriation.
             187          As an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, there is appropriated
             188      $300,000 from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2009-10 to the State Board of
             189      Education for the Performance-based Compensation Pilot Program.
             190          Section 6. Effective date.
             191          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2009.


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