S.B. 101
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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 an educator evaluation
15 system in accordance with a State Board of Education framework; and
16 . modifies the date when a public education employee's advancement on a wage or
17 salary scale is primarily based on an evaluation.
18 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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20 Other Special Clauses:
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22 Utah Code Sections Affected:
23 AMENDS:
24 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
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27 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
28 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
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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
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41 Section 2. Section 53A-8a-601 is amended to read:
42 53A-8a-601. State Board of Education to make rules on performance
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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
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50 (i) any advancement on an adopted wage or salary schedule shall be based primarily on
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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
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Legislative Review Note
as of 10-18-13 3:07 PM