What's happening
This bill changes the deadlines and requirements for school districts to implement annual teacher and principal evaluations to maintain state funding.
Why it matters
Delays stricter evaluation requirements for state funding until the 2019–2020 school year. , giving school districts and BOCES more time to adjust to new standards for teacher and principal evaluations before risking penalties.
Allows school districts to maintain funding increases if they meet previous evaluation requirements. (under section 3012-c) through the 2018–2019 school year, reducing immediate pressure to comply with the newer, potentially more demanding evaluation system (section 3012-d).
Establishes a clear, recurring annual deadline (September 1) for submission and approval of evaluation documentation. to the state, creating predictable timelines for compliance and potentially reducing last-minute rush and uncertainty for districts.
Clarifies the timeline and financial consequences of non-compliance. , ensuring districts are not penalized retroactively or without adequate notice, which provides more stability for school budgeting and staffing decisions.
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Update Teacher Evaluation Rules
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STATE OF NEW YORK
267
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE (Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
Introduced by Sen. KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to annual teacher and principal evaluations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 3012-d of the education law, as added by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
11. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, no school district shall be eligible for an apportionment of general support for public schools from the funds appropriated for the [2015--2016] 2019--2020 school year and any year thereafter in excess of the amount apportioned to such school district in the respective base year unless such school district has submitted documentation that has been approved by the commissioner [by November fifteenth, two thousand fifteen, or] by September first, two thousand nineteen and by September first of each subsequent year, demonstrating that it has fully implemented the standards and procedures for conducting annual teacher and principal evaluations of teachers and principals in accordance with the requirements of this section and the regulations issued by the commissioner. Provided further that any apportionment withheld pursuant to this section shall not occur prior to April first of the current year and shall not have any effect on the base year calculation for use in the subsequent school year. For purposes of this section, "base year" shall mean the base year as defined in paragraph b of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter, and "current year" shall mean the current year as defined in paragraph a of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05093-01-7
S. 267 2
§ 2. School districts and boards of cooperative educational services shall be required to have fully implemented annual professional performance reviews consistent with section 3012-d of the education law by September 1, 2017, to the extent consistent with the provisions of subdivision 12 of section 3012-d of the education law. Provided, however, notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 61 of the laws of 2015 and chapter 53 of the laws of 2016 or any other provisions of law to the contrary, prior to the 2019-2020 school year, a school district shall not be subject to a withholding of yearly increases in general support for public schools from funds appropriated from the amount payable in the base year based upon the failure of such school district to fully implement the standards and procedures for conducting annual teacher and principal evaluations of teachers and principals in accordance with the requirements of section 3012-d of the education law provided that such school district that has not yet fully implemented the requirements of section 3012-d of the education law has fully implemented, or fully implements, an annual professional performance review for teachers and principals in accordance with the requirements of section 3012-c of the education law by September first of each respective year, commencing with September 1, 2015.
§ 3. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such invalid provisions had not been included herein.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to annual teacher and principal evaluations
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.
Prior legislative history
S.8034 of 2016 Rules Committee FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None
Effective date
Immediately.
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