What's happening
This bill provides a 4% across-the-board increase in school aid, making all New York school districts eligible regardless of evaluation standards.
Why it matters
Removes performance review requirements. By eliminating the need for districts to submit documentation showing they've implemented state-mandated teacher and principal evaluation systems, the bill reduces administrative burdens and potential state oversight over local educator evaluations.
Ensures equitable funding distribution. The bill mandates that the 4% aid increase is distributed equally to all school districts, regardless of previous funding formulas or compliance with evaluation standards, potentially benefiting districts that struggled with past requirements.
Could affect accountability and reform efforts. By unlinking school aid from educator evaluation standards, the bill might reduce the incentive for districts to implement or maintain rigorous performance review systems, which could have implications for teacher quality and school accountability.
Immediate impact. The changes take effect retroactively to the original effective date of the 2012 law, meaning districts could see immediate budgetary and operational changes, possibly impacting hiring, programs, and planning for the current school year.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6484
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 7, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. B. MILLER, FINCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend chapter 57 of the laws of 2012, relating to school district eligibility for an increase in apportionment of school aid and implementation of new standards for conducting annual professional performance reviews to determine teacher and principal effectiveness, in relation to providing a four percent across the board increase to funding allocated to school districts in New York state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2012, relating to school district eligibility for an increase in apportionment of school aid and implementation of new standards for conducting annual professional performance reviews to determine teacher and principal effectiveness, is amended to read as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, [no] all school [district] districts shall be eligible for an apportionment of general support for public schools from the funds appropriated for the 2012-13 school year in excess of the amount apportioned to such district for the same time period during the base year [unless such school district has submitted documentation that has been approved by the commissioner of education by January 17, 2013 demonstrating that it has fully implemented new standards and procedures for conducting annual professional performance reviews of classroom teachers and building principals to determine teacher and principal effectiveness including but not limited to providing for (i) state assessments and other comparable measures which shall comprise twenty or twenty-five percent of the evaluation; (ii) locally selected measures of the student achievement subcomponent which shall comprise twenty or fifteen percent of the evaluation; (iii) subjective measures of effectiveness that have been approved by the commissioner with the majority of such points based on
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multiple observations by an administrator or principal with at least one unannounced observation which shall comprise 60 percent of the evaluation; and (iv) a scoring rubric which ensures that it is possible to receive any one of four ratings limited to highly effective, effective, developing and ineffective; provided however that if any such payments in excess of the amount apportioned to such district for the same time period during the base year were made, and the school district has not submitted documentation that it has fully implemented new standards and procedures as set forth above that has been approved by the commissioner of education by January 17, 2013, the total amount of such payments shall be deducted by the commissioner from future payments to the school district; provided further that, for the 2012-13 school year if such deduction is greater than the sum of the amounts available for such deductions, the remainder of the deduction shall be withheld from payments scheduled to be made to the school district pursuant to section 3609-a of the education law for the 2013-14 school year; provided further that notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary such documentation shall include a plan adopted by the governing board of the school district for conducting annual professional performance reviews of classroom teachers and building principals that has been approved by the commissioner, and in order to be approvable such plan shall conform with the requirements for conducting annual professional performance reviews of classroom teachers and building principals, including but not limited to (i) state assessments and other comparable measures which shall comprise twenty or twenty-five percent of the evaluation; (ii) locally selected measures of the student achievement subcomponent which shall comprise twenty or fifteen percent of the evaluation; (iii) subjective measures of effectiveness that have been approved by the commissioner with the majority of such points based on multiple observations by an administrator or principal with at least one unannounced observation which shall comprise 60 percent of the evaluation; and (iv) a scoring rubric which ensures that it is possible to receive any one of four ratings limited to highly effective, effective, developing and ineffective; consistent with and conforms to a chapter of the laws of 2012 amending the education law relating to annual professional performance review of classroom teachers and building principals and the teacher evaluation appeal process in the city of New York, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6732 and A.9554, and provided further that for a school district in a city with a population of one million or more, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, no such school district shall be eligible for an apportionment of general support for public schools from the funds appropriated for the 2012-13 school year in excess of the amount appropriated to such district for the same time period during the base year unless such school district has submitted documentation that has been approved by the commissioner by January 17, 2013 demonstrating that it has adopted an expeditious appeals process pertaining to the annual professional performance review of classroom teachers and building principals that is consistent with and conforms to a chapter of the laws of 2012 amending the education law relating to annual professional performance review of classroom teachers and building principals and the teacher evaluation appeal process in the city of New York, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6732 and A.9554, and if any such payments in excess of the amount apportioned to such district for the same time period during the base year were made, and the school district has not submitted documentation that has been approved by the commissioner by January 17, 2013 that it has adopted an
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expeditious appeals process pertaining to the annual professional performance review of classroom teachers and building principals that is consistent with and conforms to a chapter of the laws of 2012 amending the education law relating to annual professional performance review of classroom teachers and building principals and the teacher evaluation appeal process in the city of New York, as proposed in legislative bill numbers S.6732 and A.9554, the total amount of such payments shall be deducted by the commissioner from future payments to the school district; and provided further that, for the 2012-13 school year if such deduction is greater than the sum of the amounts available for such deductions, the remainder of the deduction shall be withheld from payments scheduled to be made to the school district pursuant to section 3609-a of the education law for the 2013-14 school year].
§ 2. Allocated aid provided pursuant to chapter 57 of the laws of 2012 relating to school district eligibility for an increase in apportionment of school aid and implementation of new standards for conducting annual professional performance reviews to determine teacher and principal effectiveness, shall be distributed equally amongst all school districts without regard to any formula established for the distribution of school aid under the education law.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on the same date and in the same manner as section 1 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2012, took effect.
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