SB429 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Paul Bussman

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

State Board of Education, model evaluation system for teachers, principals, and assistant principals, report to Legislature during 2017 Reg. Sess.

Summary

The bill would require the State Board of Education to create model evaluation and model tenure systems for teachers and for principals/assistant principals, with a report to the Legislature in 2017.

What This Bill Does

The board must develop two models: one to evaluate the effectiveness of classroom teachers and of principals/assistant principals, and one to govern tenure decisions for teachers and for principals/assistant principals, based on fair treatment and due process. The board must submit a detailed summary of both models to the Legislature during the 2017 Regular Session. The act becomes effective immediately after it is enacted and signed into law.

Who It Affects

• Public K-12 school teachers will be evaluated under the new model and may be affected by tenure decisions under the model tenure system.
• Public K-12 school principals and assistant principals will be evaluated under the new model and will be subject to the model tenure system.

Key Provisions

• Develop a model evaluation system for assessing the effectiveness of classroom teachers and of principals and assistant principals in public K-12 schools.
• Develop a model tenure system for granting and denying tenure to teachers and to teachers serving as assistant principals and principals, based on fair and impartial considerations and due process.
• Submit a detailed summary of both models to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Chairs of the House Education Policy Committee and the Senate Education and Youth Affairs Committee by the fifth legislative day of the 2017 Regular Session.
• Effective date: immediately following passage and approval by the Governor (or as otherwise provided by law).

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Subjects

Board of Education, State