S.B. 101 Enrolled
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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 evaluation systems for
15 educators and school and district administrators in accordance with a State Board of
16 Education framework; and
17 . modifies the date when:
18 . a public education employee's advancement on a wage or salary scale is
19 primarily based on an evaluation; and
20 . a school or district administrator's salary is based on the school or district
21 administrator's most recent evaluation.
22 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
23 None
24 Other Special Clauses:
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26 Utah Code Sections Affected:
27 AMENDS:
28 53A-8a-409 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 425
29 53A-8a-601 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 425
30 53A-8a-702 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 425
31 53A-8a-703 , as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 425
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33 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
34 Section 1. Section 53A-8a-409 is amended to read:
35 53A-8a-409. State Board of Education to establish a framework for the
36 evaluation of educators.
37 The State Board of Education shall make rules:
38 (1) establishing a framework for the evaluation of educators that is consistent with the
39 requirements of Part 3, Employee Evaluations, and this part;
40 (2) requiring a teacher's summative evaluation to be based on:
41 (a) student learning growth or achievement, if measures of student learning growth are
42 not available; and
43 (b) standards of instructional quality; and
44 (3) requiring each school district to fully implement an evaluation system for educators
45 in accordance with the framework established by the State Board of Education no later than the
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47 Section 2. Section 53A-8a-601 is amended to read:
48 53A-8a-601. State Board of Education to make rules on performance
49 compensation.
50 (1) The State Board of Education shall make rules requiring a school district's
51 employee compensation system to be aligned with the district's annual evaluation system.
52 (2) Rules adopted under Subsection (1) shall:
53 (a) establish a timeline for developing and implementing an employee compensation
54 system that is aligned with an annual evaluation system; and
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56 (i) any advancement on an adopted wage or salary schedule shall be based primarily on
57 an evaluation; and
58 (ii) an employee may not advance on an adopted wage or salary schedule if the
59 employee's rating on the most recent evaluation is at the lowest level of an evaluation
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61 Section 3. Section 53A-8a-702 is amended to read:
62 53A-8a-702. Evaluation of school and district administrators.
63 The State Board of Education shall:
64 (1) establish in rules a framework for the evaluation of school and district
65 administrators that includes the following components:
66 (a) student achievement indicators emphasizing learning growth and proficiency;
67 (b) the results of an evaluation tool utilized by the local school board that includes
68 input from employees, parents, and students;
69 (c) the effectiveness of evaluating employee performance in a school or district for
70 which the school or district administrator has responsibility; and
71 (d) other factors as determined by a local school board in implementing state law and
72 State Board of Education rules; and
73 (2) require each school district to fully implement an evaluation system for school and
74 district administrators in accordance with the framework established by the State Board of
75 Education no later than the [
76 Section 4. Section 53A-8a-703 is amended to read:
77 53A-8a-703. Compensation of school and district administrators.
78 (1) Beginning no later than the [
79 administrator's salary shall be based on the school or district administrator's most recent
80 evaluation.
81 (2) A school district shall continue each year to award any salary increases to a school
82 or district administrator based on an evaluation administered pursuant to Section 53A-8a-702
83 until at least 15% of a school or district administrator's salary is contingent upon the evaluation
84 administered pursuant to Section 53A-8a-702 .
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