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- Recommitted to rules
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Relates to annual professional performance review agreements
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Catherine Nolan
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BILL NUMBER:S6006
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to annual professional performance review agreements
Purpose
This bill would require the commissioner to expedite his or her review of annual professional performance review plans that are submitted solely to eliminate unnecessary student assessments.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Section 1 amends paragraph k of subdivision 2 of section 3012-c of the education law, as amended by chapter 21 of the laws of 2012, by requiring the commissioner to expedite his or her review of annual professional performance review ("APPR") plans that are submitted solely to eliminate unnecessary student assessments. The commissioner' s review would be limited solely to the issue of unnecessary testing of students. The governing body of such school district or BOCES would have to provide a written explanation of the changes to their collectively bargained APPR plans as well as a certification that no other material changes have been made to their APPR plans.
Section 2: Section 2 would set forth an immediate effective date.
Justification
In order to meet the statutory deadline for annual professional performance review ("APPR") plans to be submitted to the department for approval, many districts and local bargaining units opted to use pre- and post-tests that measure student growth, particularly in courses and grades that do not have a specific state measure of assessment (Federally mandated but administered by the State), and/or certain standardized assessments that are not being used for a diagnostic purpose or are not federally required on children in grades kindergarten through grade 2.
Understanding the concern of parents and the impact unnecessary testing can have on students, districts and unions are going "back to the table" to re-negotiate their APPR plans to reduce or eliminate many or all of the unnecessary tests that they originally agreed to.. This bill seeks to encourage all districts to reassess and reduce or eliminate any unnecessary tests that were collectively bargained, with an incentive that the review of such changes will be expeditiously reviewed by the commissioner and that the commissioner's review will be limited only to the changes that address the unnecessary testing of students, to functionally address a legitimate and burgeoning area of concern.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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