DE HB133

Establishes the Delaware Teacher Growth and Support System to replace the Delaware Performance Appraisal System II for all teachers beginning in the 2022-2023 academic year, with a pilot program in at least 3 local education agencies during 2021-2022.

Requires all teachers to receive annual evaluations with no more than 5 equally-weighted performance areas, including a dedicated student improvement area with both professional learning goals (Part I) and student growth goals (Part II).

Prohibits grades 3-8 and high school state assessments from being required as measures of student growth in teacher evaluations, while requiring consideration of student absences, mobility, chronic noncompliance, and parental factors in evaluation measures.

Applies the Delaware Performance Appraisal System II exclusively to specialists and administrators rather than teachers, with the same general structure but adapted to their roles.

Allows local education agencies to seek waivers from the new evaluation system if they have locally-developed alternatives that are as rigorous and educationally sound, approved through collective bargaining and community review.