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Relates to annual teacher and principal evaluations
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Catherine Nolan
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Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that no school district shall lose increases in their school aid for not submitting documentation demonstrating they have fully implemented the standards and procedures of section 3012-d of the Education Law until the 2019-20 school year.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends the Education Law to require that no school district shall be eligible for increases in general support for public schools (GSPS) for the 2019-20 school year and thereafter unless such school district has submitted documentation that has been approved by the commissioner by September 1, 2019 and by September 1 of each subsequent year demonstrating that it has fully implemented the standards and procedures of conducting annual teacher and principal evaluations.
Section 2 requires school districts and BOCES to fully implement annual professional performance reviews consistent with section 3012-d of the education law by September 1, 2016, but clarifies that no school district shall be subject to a withholding of yearly increases in GSPS prior to the 2019-20 school year for failure to fully implement the requirements of section 3012-d, as long as the school district fully implements an annual professional performance review for teachers and principals in accordance with the requirements of section 3012-c by September 1 of each respective year, beginning with September 1, 2015.
Section 3 establishes a severability clause.
Section 4 establishes the effective date.
Justification
Currently, school districts are required to have an approved annual teacher and principal evaluation plan by September 1, 2016 or risk losing state aid increases for both the 2015-16 and 2016-17 school years. With less than 3 months left until the deadline, hundreds of school districts and collective bargaining units are being forced to negotiate plans and receive approval from SED or face potentially devastating penalties that could have significant fiscal impacts, especially for high needs school districts.
This legislation would coincide with the recommendations of the Governor's Common Core Task Force and the regulations adopted by the Board of Regents in December providing for a four-year transition period in which there is a moratorium on the use of grades 3-8 state-administered standardized English Language Arts and math assessments and the use of any state-provided growth model based on these tests or other State assessments, while the State transitions to higher learning standards. It would allow school districts to continue to receive state aid increases in each year, so long as they continue to fully implement teacher and principal evaluation plans pursuant to a state-approved plan.
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Effective date
Immediately.
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