Senate Bill 10-191 Summary

• Creates a State Council for Educator Effectiveness to develop recommendations for evaluating teachers and principals based on multiple measures, with at least 50% of evaluation determined by student academic growth.

• Establishes new performance standards ("Highly Effective," "Effective," "Ineffective") to replace previous evaluation systems, with implementation phased in from 2012-2015 across Colorado school districts.

• Requires teachers to receive annual written evaluation reports (beginning 2012-13 school year) and principals to receive evaluations based on student achievement growth and teacher effectiveness ratings in their schools.

• Ties teacher effectiveness ratings to nonprobationary status; a teacher with two consecutive "Ineffective" ratings becomes probationary again, while three consecutive years of "Demonstrated Effectiveness" grants nonprobationary status.

• Creates the "Great Teachers and Leaders Fund" for implementation costs and establishes school-based hiring requirements allowing principals to select teachers based on demonstrated effectiveness, with protections for displaced effective teachers through priority hiring pools.