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ID S1108
Bill
AI Summary
Senate Bill 1108 Summary
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Eliminates renewable contracts for new hires after January 31, 2011, replacing them with Category A and B annual contracts; existing renewable contract holders retain "grandfathered" status with automatic renewal rights.
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Requires at least 50% of employee evaluations for administrators and superintendents to be based on objective measures of student achievement growth, effective after June 30, 2012.
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Establishes procedures for contract termination due to enrollment decline exceeding 1%, with affected employees receiving 10% severance of remaining earned salary.
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Grants principals authority to approve or deny transfers and new hires to their schools, with exceptions for shifts in student population levels.
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Requires school districts to provide all employees with professional liability insurance provider information and maintains open-session negotiation requirements with fixed June 10 and June 22 deadlines for compensation agreements.
Legislative Description
Amends, repeals and adds to existing law relating to education to revise conditions relating to the employment of professional personnel by the board of trustees; to revise provisions relating to certain employment; to provide that a district may place certain employees on unpaid leave of absence; to revise provisions relating to contract categories; to provide provisions relating to grandfathered renewable contracts; to provide provisions relating to reductions in force; and to provide provisions relating to contract negotiations and establishing contracts.
EDUCATION
Last Action
Governor signed Session Law Chapter 96 Effective: 03/17/11 Sections 1-5, 7-9, & 13-25; 07/01/11 Sections 6, & 10-12
3/17/2011