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
2 AMENDMENTS
3 2014 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Chief Sponsor: Aaron Osmond
6 House Sponsor: Francis D. Gibson
7
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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