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H.B. 328

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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 teachers and modifies
             11      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 teachers;
             17          .    requires the performance-based compensation plans to include certain performance
             18      criteria; and
             19          .    requires criterion-referenced test results to be reported by class.
             20      Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
             21          This bill appropriates:
             22          .    as an ongoing appropriation subject to future constraints, $300,000 from the
             23      Uniform School Fund to the State Board of Education.
             24      Other Special Clauses:
             25          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2009.
             26      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             27      AMENDS:


             28          53A-1-607, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapter 244
             29          53A-3-602.5, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2007, Chapters 112 and 244
             30          63I-1-253, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 250 and renumbered and
             31      amended by Laws of Utah 2008, Chapter 382
             32      ENACTS:
             33          53A-17a-163, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             34     
             35      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             36          Section 1. Section 53A-1-607 is amended to read:
             37           53A-1-607. Scoring -- Reports of results.
             38          (1) Each local school board and charter school shall submit all answer sheets for the
             39      achievement tests administered under U-PASS on a per-school and per-class basis to the state
             40      superintendent of public instruction for scoring unless the test requires scoring by a national
             41      testing service.
             42          (2) The district [and], school, and class results of the U-PASS testing program, but not
             43      the score or relative position of individual students, shall be reported to each local school board
             44      or charter school governing board annually at a regularly scheduled meeting.
             45          (3) Each local board and charter school governing board shall make copies of the
             46      report available to the general public upon request.
             47          (4) The board may charge a fee for the copying costs.
             48          (5) The State Board of Education shall annually provide to school districts and charter
             49      schools a comprehensive report for each of their students showing the student's U-PASS test
             50      results for each year the student took a U-PASS test. School districts and charter schools shall
             51      give a copy of the comprehensive report to the student's parents and make the report available
             52      to school staff, as appropriate.
             53          Section 2. Section 53A-3-602.5 is amended to read:
             54           53A-3-602.5. School performance report -- Components -- Annual filing.
             55          (1) The State Board of Education in collaboration with the state's school districts and
             56      charter schools shall develop a school performance report to inform the state's residents of the
             57      quality of schools and the educational achievement of students in the state's public education
             58      system.


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


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


             121      language arts, mathematics, and science courses by dividing membership on October 1 in core
             122      language arts, mathematics, or science course classes by the number of classes for the
             123      corresponding course.
             124          (b) The state board, through the state superintendent of public instruction, shall adopt
             125      standard reporting forms and provide a common template for collecting and reporting the data,
             126      which shall be used by all school districts and charter schools.
             127          (c) The state superintendent shall use the automated decision support system referred to
             128      in Section 53A-1-301 to collect and report the data required under Subsections (2) and (3).
             129          (5) The state board, through the state superintendent of public instruction, shall issue its
             130      report annually by October 1 to include the required data from the previous school year or years
             131      as indicated in Subsections (2) and (3).
             132          (6) (a) Each local school board and each charter school shall receive a written or an
             133      electronic copy of the report from the state superintendent of public instruction containing the
             134      data for that school district or charter school in a clear summary format and have it distributed,
             135      on a one per household basis, to the residence of students enrolled in the school district before
             136      November 30th of each year.
             137          (b) Each local school board, each charter school, and the state board shall have a
             138      complete report of the statewide data available for copying or in an electronic format at their
             139      respective offices.
             140          Section 3. Section 53A-17a-163 is enacted to read:
             141          53A-17a-163. Performance-based Compensation Pilot Program.
             142          (1) The Performance-based Compensation Pilot Program is created to pilot the
             143      development and implementation of performance-based compensation plans for elementary
             144      school teachers.
             145          (2) From monies appropriated by the Legislature for the Performance-based
             146      Compensation Pilot Program, the State Board of Education shall award grants to school
             147      districts and charter schools to develop and implement performance-based compensation plans
             148      for elementary school teachers.
             149          (3) The State Board of Education shall:
             150          (a) solicit proposals from school districts and charter schools for the use of grant
             151      monies to develop and implement performance-based compensation plans for elementary


             152      school teachers; and
             153          (b) award grants on a competitive basis.
             154          (4) To receive a grant, a school district or charter school shall submit a proposal to the
             155      State Board of Education to develop and implement a performance-based compensation plan
             156      over a two-year period as follows:
             157          (a) In the first year, the school district or charter school shall develop, administer, and
             158      evaluate performance measures.
             159          (b) In the second year, the school district or charter school shall administer
             160      performance measures and compensate educators based on performance.
             161          (c) A performance-based compensation plan shall provide that:
             162          (i) student learning gains shall account for 40% of the maximum amount of
             163      performance-based compensation that may be awarded to a teacher;
             164          (ii) a teacher's instructional quality as measured by classroom observations or other
             165      instruments shall account for 40% of the maximum amount of performance-based
             166      compensation that may be awarded to a teacher; and
             167          (iii) the remaining 20% of the maximum amount that may be awarded to a teacher shall
             168      include a measure of parent, student, or community satisfaction.
             169          (d) A proposal shall include a budget and specify the amount of grant monies
             170      requested.
             171          (e) A school district's proposal may apply to one or more elementary schools within the
             172      district.
             173          Section 4. Section 63I-1-253 is amended to read:
             174           63I-1-253. Repeal dates, Titles 53, 53A, and 53B.
             175          The following provisions are repealed on the following dates:
             176          (1) Section 53-3-232 , Conditional licenses, is repealed July 1, 2015.
             177          (2) Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 6, Public Education Job Enhancement Program is
             178      repealed July 1, 2010.
             179          (3) Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 9, Voluntary Extended-day Kindergarten Program, is
             180      repealed July 1, 2011.
             181          (4) The State Instructional Materials Commission, created in Section 53A-14-101 , is
             182      repealed July 1, 2011.


             183          (5) Section 53A-17a-163 , Performance-based Compensation Pilot Program is repealed
             184      July 1, 2011.
             185          Section 5. Appropriation.
             186          As an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, there is appropriated
             187      $300,000 from the Uniform School Fund for fiscal year 2009-10 to the State Board of
             188      Education for the Performance-based Compensation Pilot Program.
             189          Section 6. Effective date.
             190          This bill takes effect on July 1, 2009.




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