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IN HB1220
Bill
Status
1/10/2017
Primary Sponsor
Wendy McNamara
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AI Summary
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Professional teachers rated as highly effective or effective must receive performance evaluations only once every five years, beginning with school years after June 30, 2017.
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Probationary teachers and professional teachers receiving an "improvement necessary" rating must continue to receive annual performance evaluations.
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School corporations must develop evaluation plans that include objective measures of student achievement, rigorous effectiveness measures including observations, and rating designations of highly effective, effective, improvement necessary, or ineffective.
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A "qualified teacher" must be rated as effective or highly effective on their most recent annual performance evaluation and work in classroom instruction (not as instructional support personnel).
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Technical amendments clarify that certificated employees include teachers regardless of their employee classification and update definition references throughout the evaluation system.
Legislative Description
Staff performance evaluations. Makes changes to factors that must be included in a school corporation's teacher performance evaluation plan. Provides that a professional teacher who is rated as highly effective or effective is required to receive a teacher evaluation only one time every five years. Provides that a: (1) probationary teacher; or (2) professional teacher who receives an evaluation of improvement necessary; must receive performance evaluations annually. Makes technical and conforming amendments.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education
1/10/2017