|
2013 -- S 0669 | |
|
======= | |
|
LC01597 | |
|
======= | |
|
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
|
| |
|
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
|
| |
|
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
|
| |
|
____________ | |
|
| |
|
A N A C T | |
|
RELATING TO EDUCATION - RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF TEACHERS GENERALLY | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Introduced By: Senator Michael J. McCaffrey | |
|
Date Introduced: March 06, 2013 | |
|
Referred To: Senate Education | |
|
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
|
1-1 |
SECTION 1. Chapter 16-12 of the General Laws entitled "Rights and Duties of Teachers |
|
1-2 |
Generally" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
|
1-3 |
16-12-11. Teacher evaluation. -- (a) For the purposes of this section, "certified teachers" |
|
1-4 |
means certified teaching personnel employed in the public school systems in the state of Rhode |
|
1-5 |
Island engaged in teaching duties, including support personnel whose positions require a |
|
1-6 |
professional certificate issued by the state department of education, school personnel licensed by |
|
1-7 |
the department of health, and other non-administrative professional employees. |
|
1-8 |
(b) The standards for the evaluation of personnel shall continue to be under local control |
|
1-9 |
pursuant to section 16-2-9, and the method and process for the evaluation of certified teachers |
|
1-10 |
shall continue to be a subject matter of collective bargaining pursuant to chapter 28-9.3 |
|
1-11 |
("Certified School Teachers’ Arbitration"). |
|
1-12 |
(c) Student growth and achievement as a portion of an overall teacher rating shall be |
|
1-13 |
comprised of multiple measures and shall not exceed thirty-three and one third percent (33 1/3%) |
|
1-14 |
of the total final rating. The method of calculating student growth and achievement shall be |
|
1-15 |
proven valid and reliable by the Rhode Island board of education prior to its use in the evaluation |
|
1-16 |
of certified teachers. |
|
2-17 |
SECTION 1. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
|
| |
|
======= | |
|
LC01597 | |
|
======== | |
|
EXPLANATION | |
|
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
|
OF | |
|
A N A C T | |
|
RELATING TO EDUCATION - RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF TEACHERS GENERALLY | |
|
*** | |
|
3-1 |
This act would provide that the standards for evaluation of teaching personnel would be |
|
3-2 |
under local control of the municipal school committee, and that the method and process for the |
|
3-3 |
evaluation of certified teachers would be subject to collective bargaining. The act would also |
|
3-4 |
provide that student growth and achievement would count for not more than one-third of a |
|
3-5 |
teacher's total rating. |
|
3-6 |
This act would take effect upon passage. |
|
| |
|
======= | |
|
LC01597 | |
|
======= |