What's happening
This bill allows school districts to choose between two different teacher and principal evaluation plans to qualify for state funding.
Why it matters
Provides school districts with flexibility. in choosing how they evaluate teachers and principals, allowing them to select between two different state-approved evaluation plans, which could help districts better align evaluations with local priorities and needs.
Links state funding eligibility to evaluation plan adoption. , meaning districts must have an approved evaluation plan in place to receive increases in state education funds, potentially motivating compliance and influencing district decision-making.
Could impact teacher and principal accountability systems. by giving districts more autonomy in evaluation methods, possibly affecting collective bargaining, teacher morale, and the ways performance data are used for personnel decisions.
May reduce administrative and compliance burdens. for some districts by offering an alternative to the previously mandated evaluation plan, potentially allowing for a more streamlined or locally tailored approach.
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Who cares
School districts
The bill would let districts qualify for state school aid above their base-year amount by adopting a commissioner-approved teacher and principal evaluation plan under Education Law section 3012-c, as an alternative to documenting full implementation under section 3012-d.
Classroom teachers and building principals
Their districts could use an approved section 3012-c evaluation plan to meet the evaluation-related condition for receiving increased state aid.
State education commissioner
The commissioner’s approval of a district’s section 3012-c evaluation plan would provide an alternative basis for the district to qualify for aid above its base-year amount.
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Update Teacher Evaluations Rules
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History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2637
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 24, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, ABINANTI, BUCHWALD, JAFFEE, BRABE- NEC, FAHY, LIFTON, BARRETT, JEAN-PIERRE -- read once and referred 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 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 either (i) has adopted a plan for the annual professional performance review of its classroom teachers and building principals in accordance with the requirements of section three thousand twelve-c of this article and the regulations of the commissioner which plan has been approved by the commissioner, or (ii) has submitted documentation that has been approved by the commissioner by November fifteenth, two thousand fifteen, or 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.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03702-01-9
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