SB-1509, As Passed Senate, December 15, 2010

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 1509

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled

"The revised school code,"

by amending section 1249 (MCL 380.1249), as added by 2009 PA 205.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 1249. (1) With Not later than September 1, 2011, and

subject to subsection (2), with the involvement of teachers and

school administrators, the board of a school district or

intermediate school district or board of directors of a public

school academy shall adopt and implement for all teachers and

school administrators a rigorous, transparent, and fair performance

evaluation system that does all of the following:

     (a) Evaluates the teacher's or school administrator's job

performance at least annually while providing timely and

constructive feedback.

     (b) Establishes clear approaches to measuring student growth

and provides teachers and school administrators with relevant data

on student growth.

     (c) Evaluates a teacher's or school administrator's job

performance, using multiple rating categories that take into

account data on student growth as a significant factor. For these

purposes, student growth shall be measured by national, state, or

local assessments and other objective criteria.

     (d) Uses the evaluations, at a minimum, to inform decisions

regarding all of the following:

     (i) The effectiveness of teachers and school administrators,

ensuring that they are given ample opportunities for improvement.

     (ii) Promotion, retention, and development of teachers and

school administrators, including providing relevant coaching,

instruction support, or professional development.

     (iii) Whether to grant tenure or full certification, or both, to

teachers and school administrators using rigorous standards and

streamlined, transparent, and fair procedures.

     (iv) Removing ineffective tenured and untenured teachers and

school administrators after they have had ample opportunities to

improve, and ensuring that these decisions are made using rigorous

standards and streamlined, transparent, and fair procedures.

     (2) If a collective bargaining agreement is in effect for

teachers or school administrators of a school district, public

school academy, or intermediate school district as of January 4,

2010, and if that collective bargaining agreement prevents

Senate Bill No. 1509 (S-2) as amended December 15, 2010

compliance with subsection (1), then subsection (1) does not apply

to that school district, public school academy, or intermediate

school district until after the expiration of that collective

bargaining agreement.

[(3) A school district, intermediate school district, or public

school academy shall continue to conduct the evaluations for school principals that are currently required by the department through the 2010-2011 school year. At the end of the 2010-2011 school year, a school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy shall report the most recently completed or determined "effectiveness label" from that evaluation for each principal who is in place for 2010-2011, in a form and manner prescribed by the department.]