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IN SB0139

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/6/2016

Primary Sponsor

Jean Leising

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • State board of education may not place schools or school corporations in school improvement categories or designations based on ISTEP test scores for the 2014-2015 or 2015-2016 school years.

  • The 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 school years may not be included in any accountability timeline, with 2013-2014 and 2016-2017 considered sequential years for accountability purposes.

  • ISTEP program test scores from spring 2015 or 2016 may not be used by school corporations to evaluate certificated employees during the 2015-2016 or 2016-2017 school years.

  • School corporations must proportionately increase the weight of other measures in certificated employee performance evaluations to replace ISTEP-based measures.

  • Provision expires July 1, 2021, and takes effect retroactively on July 1, 2015.

Legislative Description

School accountability and teacher evaluations. Provides that the state board of education may not place a school or school corporation in a category or designation of school improvement based on the ISTEP program test scores for the 2014-2015 or the 2015-2016 school year. Provides that the ISTEP program test results from the ISTEP test taken in the spring of 2015 or 2016 may not be used as part of a certificated employee's performance evaluation conducted during the 2015-2016 or 2016-2017 school year.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Rules & Legislative Procedure

1/6/2016

Committee Referrals

Rules and Legislative Procedure1/6/2016

Full Bill Text

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