From the ECS State Policy Database Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary VA To governor 02/2013 P-12 Teacher Evaluation S.B. 1167 Requires the Department of Education to develop student growth indicators by October 1, 2014, to be used in the accreditation of schools and... More... VA To governor 02/2013 P-12 School personnel evaluation policies and grievance procedures. S.B. 1223 Makes several changes to the processes by which teachers and certain administrators are evaluated and to the grievance procedure process. Re... More... VA To governor 02/2013 P-12 Confidentiality of Teacher Evaluation Data H.B. 1889 Requires performance indicators, or other data used by the local school board to judge the growth or quality of a teacher, to be kept confid... More... AK Adopted 01/2013 P-12 Teacher and Administrator Evaluation 4 AAC 04.200, 205; 4 AAC 19.010, 020, 030, 040, 050, 060, 099 By July 1, 2015, a school district will adopt standards of performance for teachers and administrators based on student learning data. At fi... More... LA Adopted 12/2012 P-12 Measures of Growth in Student Learning--Value-Added Model LAC 28:CXLVII.303 Requires that the value-added educator evaluation model not be used in any cases where fewer than 10 students with value-added results are a... More... MT Adopted 10/2012 P-12 Accreditation, Including Teacher Evaluation ARM 10.55.601-1003 Modifies accreditation. One modification deletes old section on teacher evaluation and replaces with new. Requires that evaluation system fo... More... LA Adopted 09/2012 P-12 Evaluation and Assessment of Teachers and Administrators LAC 28:CXLVII.105, 301, 305, 307, 309, 311, 319, 321, 323, 325, 701, 901, 903, and 905 Makes various changes to align the evaluation of school personnel with Act 54 of the 2010 Regular Legislative Session, including: (1) Clarif... More... AR Adopted 08/2012 P-12 Teacher Excellence and Support System AR ADC 005.08.4-1.0 to AR ADC005.08.4-14.0 Establishes the requirements and implementation procedures concerning the Teacher Excellence and Support System, beginning in the 2014-2015 ... More... NM Adopted 08/2012 P-12 Teacher and School Leader Effectiveness 6.69.8 NMAC Adds new rule: 6.69.8 NMAC 'Teacher and School Leader Effectiveness,' which is intended to establish uniform procedures for conducting annua... More... NJ Signed into law 08/2012 P-12 Teacher Evaluation and Tenure S 1455 Creates the Teacher Effectiveness and Accountability for the Children of New Jersey (TEACHNJ) Act. Defines "evaluation" as a process based ... More... MA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Teacher and Principal Evaluation Systems S.B. 2315 Requires the State Board to establish and maintain a data system for the purpose of assessing the effectiveness of district evaluation syste... More... MI Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Principal Educator Evaluator Training H.B. 5372 (Sec. 95) Creates a new grant program to train principals and assistant principals in educator evaluations. Programs must meet all of the fo... More... NY Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Public Reporting of Teacher/Principal Performance Review Results S.B. 7792 Directs each district and board of cooperative educational services (BOCES) to release to the public and the department of education the qua... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Teacher Evaluations S.B. 316 - Teacher Evaluations Provides that, notwithstanding other provisions, each local board's teacher evaluation policy applies to any person employed under a teacher... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Testing Low-Performing Teachers S.B. 316 - Testing Low-Performing Teachers Prior provisions required all district, community school, and STEM school classroom teachers, teaching in a core subject area, whose schools... More... IL Adopted 06/2012 P-12 Evaluation of Certified Employees Under Articles 24A and 34 of the School Code 23 IL ADC 50.10, 20, 30, 100, 110, 120, 140, 200, 300, 310, 320, 330, 400, 410, 420; 23 IL ADC 50.App. A From Illinois Register: Sets forth the minimum requirements for both student growth and professional practice that all school districts must... More... PA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Rating Tool for Professional School Staff H.B. 1901 - Section 1123 Section 1123 requires the Secretary of Education--by June 30, 2013--to create a rating tool to measure the performance of professional staff... More... IA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Teacher and Administrator Matters S.B. 2284 -- Division III This section relates to teacher reviews, professional development, and administrator evaluations. Creates three new task forces: Statewide E... More... LA Adopted 05/2012 P-12 Teacher and Administrator Evaluations LAC 28:CXLVII.Chapters 1-9 From May 2012 Louisiana Register: Act 54 of the 2010 Regular Legislative Session required that BESE develop, adopt, and promulgate all rules... More... CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Teacher and Admin Evaluations S.B. 458 (Sec. 51) Expands the requirements for the guidelines for the state model evaluation program for teachers and school administrators to inclu... More... MN Vetoed 05/2012 P-12 Consequences of Teacher Evaluations H.F. 1870 Requires a school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers to negotiate a plan to base unrequested leave of absence, discharge... More... NY Issued 04/2012 P-12 Establishing the New NY Education Reform Commission E.O. No. 44 Establishes the New NY Education Reform Commission to provide guidance and advice to the governor on education policy, performance, and inno... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Deadline for Annual Performance Evaluations H.B. 706 - Deadline for Annual Performance Evaluations Eliminates a deadline for annual performance evaluations (continues to require annual performance evaluations, but eliminates requirement th... More... LA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Teacher Reduction in Force and Dismissals H.B. 974 Requires school boards to adopt policies that delegate reduction in force to local superintendents to dismiss teachers and other employees. ... More... LA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Teacher Tenure, Dismisal and Evaluation H.B. 974 Eliminates teacher tenure for new employees hired after July 2012. Teachers rated highly effective for five years within a six-year period w... More... TN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Value Added Teacher Evaluation H.J.R. 520 Directs the department of education to follow through and fulfill its publicly stated plan to provide multiple opportunities for feedback an... More... ME Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Effective Teaching and School Leadership H.P. 1376 Requires school administrative units to develop and implement comprehensive performance evaluation and professional growth systems for teach... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Teacher/Principal Evaluations H.B. 2823 Requires the State Board to adopt four state performance classifications (highly effective, effective, developing, ineffective) and guidelin... More... WI Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Multiple Sections: Educator Effectiveness and Preparation Program Effectiveness S.B. 461 Requires that beginning July 1, 2012, each teacher preparatory program in the state submit to the department a list of individuals who have ... More... NY Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Portion of State Funding Contingent on Adoption of Teacher and Principal Evaluation Process A.B. 9057 - Portion of State Funding Contingent on Adoption of Teacher and Principal Evaluation Process Part A, Section 1: Requires a school district, to be eligible for an apportionment of general support for public schools from the funds appr... More... NY Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Annual Professional Performance Reviews Transition Grants A.B. 9057 - Annual Professional Performance Reviews Transition Grants Part A, Section 22-b: For the 2011-12 and/or 2012-13 school year, authorizes the commissioner of education to award certain districts annual... More... WV Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Teacher and Administrator Evaluations H.B. 4236 Establishes a new system of performance evaluations of classroom teachers, principals and assistant principals; provides exclusions from the... More... UT Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Educator Evaluation S.B. 64 - Educator Evaluation Requires each district employee to be evaluated annually in accordance with state board rules. Requires provisional or probationary educator... More... TN Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Teacher Evaluations- Transfer H.B. 2328 Requires local boards of education to consider a transferring teacher's evaluations from a prior LEA in making tenure decisions. Allows the ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Online Education Survey H.B. 149 From bill summary: Requires the state board of education to establish a three-year pilot online school survey system that includes surveys f... More... WY Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Teacher & Principal Evaluations S.F. 57 Requires state board, no later than July 1, 2013, to implement and administer an annual teacher performance evaluation system, based on perf... More... WA Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Professional Development and Evaluations of Teachers and Principals S.B. 5895 Provides a framework for professional development for implementation of new teacher and principal evaluation systems. http://apps.leg.wa.gov... More... SD Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Teacher and Principal Evaluations H.B. 1234 Provides that beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, any public school district seeking state accreditation must evaluate each certified te... More... CO Signed into law 02/2012 P-12 Evaluation of Educator Effectiveness H.B. 1001 Senate Bill 10-191, enacted in 2010, requires the general assembly to review and approve the rules adopted by the state board of education i... More... WI Signed into law 12/2011 P-12 Value-Added Analyses of Scores to Evaluate Teachers S.B. 95 - Section 5 (118.225) Among other provisions, allows use of value-added analyses of scores on the results of examinations administered to pupils to evaluate teach... More... MI Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Teacher and Administrator Evaluation/Governor's Council on Educator Effectiveness H.B. 4627 From Legislative Staff Summary - Specifies provisions that must apply to personnel decisions concerning teachers when a school district or i... More... MN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Professional Development, Evaluation, and Peer Coaching H.F. 26 Allows a school board and the exclusive representative of the teachers to develop through joint agreement a teacher evaluation and peer revi... More... OR To governor 07/2011 P-12 Teaching Standards S.B. 290 Directs the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Teachers Standards and Practices Commission, to adopt statewide core teaching... More... CT Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Secondary School Reform Act Delay/Teacher Evaluations/Tenure/Student Governance Councils/6th Grade Student Success Plan H.B. 6498 Secondary School Reform Act - Delays by two years the implementation of the secondary school reform requirements enacted in 2010 that: (1) I... More... IN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Teacher Evaluations and Renewal S.B. 1--Teachers Establishes an annual staff performance evaluation that categorizes teachers as highly effective, effective, improvement necessary, or ineff... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Teacher Evaluations H.B. 153 - Teacher Evaluations By December 31, 2011, directs the state board to develop a standards-based framework for teacher evaluation, which must incorporate numerous... More... NC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Modifies Law Governing Teacher Career Status S.B. 466 Modifies the law governing teacher career status. Creates a definition of "inadequate performance" for teachers: failure to perform at a pro... More... NV Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Teachers and Leaders Council A.B. 222 Creates the Teachers and Leaders Council of Nevada; prescribing the membership and duties of the Council; requiring the State Board of Educa... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Confidentiality of Teacher and Administrator Performance Documents H.B. 2971 Clarifies that the confidentiality of documents evaluating teacher or administrator performance applies to teachers and administrators at op... More... IL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Teacher Evaluation S.B. 7 - Teacher Evaluation Applies to all districts: Permits a school district and its teachers' exclusive bargaining representative to agree to an earlier implementat... More... NV Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Teacher and administrator evaluation A.B. 225 Existing law provides that a teacher or administrator must be evaluated at least once each year. Teachers and administrators who have comple... More... NV Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Teacher and Administrator Evaluations and Employment A.B. 229 Expands the requirements of the annual reports of accountability to include a reporting of the number and percentages of administrators, tea... More... ME Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Teacher Continuting Contract Offers/Probationary Teacher Evaluation H.P. 720 Requires three years of experience in a school administrative unit before a teacher may receive a continuing contract offer. Requires the su... More... KS Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Teacher Evaluation H.B. 2191 Amends K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 72-5445. Allows school districts to offer employment contracts to teachers for one or up to two additional years (t... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Professional Standards Commission H.B. 285 Directs the Professional Standards Commission to revise its certification renewal rules to require, effective July 2015, demonstration of th... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System H.B. 1267 Relates to the Teacher and Leader Effectiveness Evaluation System; changes the Commission from the Oklahoma Race to the Top Commission to th... More... NM Issued 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. New Mexico Effective Teaching Task Force E.O. 2011-024 Creates the New Mexico Effective Teaching Task Force that is charged with presenting recommendations to the governor regarding how best to m... More... ME Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Models for Teacher and Principal Evaluations H.P. 317 Expands state law providing that each school district may select and incorporate one or more of the models for evaluation of the professiona... More... AR Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Teacher Excellence and Support System H.B. 2178 Establishes the Teacher Excellence and Support System. Institutes a system of teacher evaluation of the following categories: (A) Planning a... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Teacher Layoff and Teacher Tenure S.B. 73 Prohibits districts from using a last-hired-first-fired layoff policy when terminating school district employees. Permits a district to cons... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Teacher Evaluation S.B. 256 Provides components that may be included in a career ladder. Provides that annual evaluations for all teachers may be a component of a caree... More... FL Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Teacher and Administrator Evaluations S.B. 736 - Teacher and Administrator Evaluations Enacts the "Student Success Act". Requires each district superintendent to annually report the results of instructional staff and administra... More... FL Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Workforce Reductions S.B. 736 - Workforce Reductions Repeals existing provisions requiring that workforce reductions be made pursuant to collective bargaining agreements, where such exist. Prov... More... WY Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Teacher Accountability Act S.F. 146--Teacher Quality--Evaluation Requires the State Board of Education to develop an annual teacher performance evaluation system which is: (1) Based in part on student acad... More... AL Adopted 12/2010 P-12 Teacher and Leader Certification ADC 290-3-2-.01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 Rewrites Chapter 290-3-2. To align the format so that all relevant information on each topic is placed together which will make the document... More... MI Signed into law 12/2010 P-12 Collective Bargaining Exception to Performance Evaluation System S.B. 1509 Provides an exception to the statutory requirement that a school board adopt and implement a performance evaluation system, if a collective ... More... NJ Issued 09/2010 P-12 Educator Effectiveness Task Force E.O. 42 Creates a New Jersey Educator Effectiveness Task Force for School and District-level education professionals. Charges the task force with de... More... LA Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Teacher Evaluations H.B. 1033 The bill links the evaluations of teachers and school administrators to student growth.  The legislation requires student growth to count fo... More... OK Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Evaluation Policies S.B. 2033 Requires local boards to establish a policy for evaluation which by no later than the 2013-14 school year, must be revised and based upon th... More... FL Issued 06/2010 P-12 Florida's Task Force on Excellent Teaching E.O. 10-126 Establishes Florida's Task Force on Excellent Teaching. Directs the task force to: (1) Review performance appraisal systems and teacher cer... More... OK Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Dismissal Section S.B. 2033 This section addresses employment status of career teachers (defined in this section), probationary teachers and administrators. A principa... More... NY Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Teacher and Principal Evaluations and Hearing Procedures A.B. 11171, Section 1-5 From "Summary of Specific Provisions" on Assembly Web site: Section one of the bill would add a new S3012-c of the Education law, establis... More... CO Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Teacher /Principal Evaluation and Tenure S.B. 191 Calls for the development of a teacher evaluation system in which at least 50% of the evaluation is determined by the academic growth of the... More... NY Emergency Rule Adoption 05/2010 P-12 Annual Professional Performance Review for Teachers Title 8 NYCRR Section 100.2(o) From the administrative register: As part of its reform agenda for strengthening teaching, the board of regents has made four major changes... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Teacher and Principal Evaluations S.B. 1040 Requires the state board of education to adopt and maintain a model framework for a teacher and principal evaluation instrument that includ... More... MN Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Data Sharing Agreements H.B. 2899 Requires the Board of Teaching and the Department of Education to enter into a data sharing agreement to share educational data at the E-12 ... More... CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Expansion of the State-wide Public School Information System S.B. 438 - Sec. 3 Directs the state department of education to, on or before July 1, 2013, expand the state-wide public school information system as follows: ... More... CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Model Teacher Evaluation Program Guidelines S.B. 438 - Sec. 4 Directs the state board of education to adopt, on or before July 1, 2013, in consultation with the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council, ... More... CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Establishes the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council S.B. 438 - Sec. 5 Establishes the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council within the state department of education; details the council's membership and provi... More... RI Adopted 04/2010 P-12 Educator Evaluation System Standards Board of Regents Rules Establishes rules regarding the implementation of educator evaluation system standards. ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Extends Probationary Period of Employment and Adds Student Growth to Evaluation Process H.B. 1263 - Tenure and Evaluation Sections Extends the probationary period of employment (nontenure) for certificated employees from 2 years to 3 years, requires that nontenured certi... More... ME Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Encourages the Use of Models in the Collection and Use of Student Achievement Data S.B. 704 Eliminates the prohibition on the use of student assessment data in the establishment of models for evaluation of the professional performan... More... TN Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Teacher Evaluations H.B. 2810 Requires that evaluations be part of a teacher's permanent record, and as such to be available for review upon request by the teacher. Chapt... More... NM Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Teacher Professional Development and Evaluation S.B. 111 Adds the use of certain professional development to the standards of annual performance evaluation for teachers; relates to accountability, ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Teacher Mentorships and Evaluation H.B. 71 District must provide for the mentorship and evaluation of level one teachers. At the end of each year and at the end of the license period,... More... SD Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Teacher Standards and Evaluation S.B. 24 Establishes standards for teaching; requires an annual teacher evaluation; provides for the development of a model evaluation instrument. ht... More... CO Issued 03/2010 P-12 Governor's Council for Educator Effectiveness Exec. Order B 2010-001 The purpose of the Council is to provide a forum for considering options and providing recommendations to ensure that every educator (teache... More... NV Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Teacher Evaluation S.B. 2B Eliminates the prohibition on the use of pupil achievement data for the evaluation and discipline of teachers, paraprofessionals and other e... More... TN Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010 - Multiple Provisions S.B. 7005A - H.B. 7010A Enacts the Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010. From fiscal note: Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to move any public school or l... More... IL Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010 S.B. 315 Amends 105 ILCS 5/2-3.25g. After effective date, bars districts, joint agreements of districts or regional superintendents from seeking a wa... More... CA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Use of Data in Teacher/Administrator Evaluations and Employment Decisions S.B. 1E - Section 2 Adds Section 10601.6 to the education code. Permits districts to use data in the California Education Information System and/or any other da... More... MI Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Teacher Data System S.B. 926 - Sec. 94a(1)(i) Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Requires the Center for Educational Performance and Information (located in the Office of th... More... MI Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Teacher Performance Evaluation S.B. 981 - Sec. 1249 Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Requires local school boards, working with teachers and school administrators, to implement ... More... MI Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Teacher and Administrator Evaluation S.B. 981 - Sec. 1249 Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Requires local boards of education to work with teachers and administrators to develop a sys... More... TN Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010 - Teacher-Related Provisions S.B. 7005A - H.B. 7010A Creates a Teacher Evaluation Advisory Committee (TEAC) composed of 15 members, including the Commissioner of Education, the Executive Direct... More... WI Signed into law 11/2009 P-12 Evaluation of Teacher Performance S.B. 372 Current law directs school districts to administer certain standardized examinations to pupils enrolled in the 4th, 8th, and 10th grades. Cu... More... IL Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System S.B. 1828 Creates the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act. Requires the state board of education, the community college board, and the board o... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Model Peer Assistance and Review Program H.B. 1 - Section 265.70.50 By December 31, 2010, directs the department of education, in consultation with the educator standards board, to develop a model peer assist... More... NC Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Probationary and Career Teacher Hearing Process Modifications S.B. 962 Modifies the hearing process applicable to probationary teachers by providing the teacher a right to notice and hearing prior to the board's... More... UT Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Educator Evaluation Program H.B. 264 Requires a local school board to develop an educator evaluation program and provide for (1) the evalution of provisional and probationary ed... More... IA Adopted 02/2008 P-12 GENERAL ACCREDITATION STANDARDS IAC 281-12.7(256,284,284A), 12.7(1), 12.7(2), 72.9(1), 281-Chapter83, 281-83.1(284,284A), 281- 83.2(284,248A), 281-83.3(284), 83.3(1) through,83.3(4), 281-83.4(284), Implements changes made to the Student Achievement and Teacher Quality program and the Beginning Administration Mentoring and Induction prog... More... LA Adopted 12/2007 P-12 Approval of Teacher Education Programs LAC 28:XLV.205 and 207 Amends sections of Bulletin 996 - Standards for Approval of Teacher Education Programs. Clarifies the process of moving from second-stage ap... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Alternative Procedures for Teacher Evaluation, Remediation and Removal for Cause S.B. 1474 pp 29-30: Authorizes the Chicago school board and the exclusive representative of the district's teachers to establish alternative procedure... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Evaluation of Probationary Teachers A.B. 460 Relates to probationary teacher evaluation. Requires an administrator who is responsible for evaluating a teacher to personally observe that... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School Governing Boards and Administrators Evaluating Teachers S.B. 328 Requires an administrator who is responsible for evaluating a teacher to personally observe that teacher in the classroom for not less than ... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Teacher Quality Committee S.F. 277 (Section 17) Strikes Section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph c, which made a district eligible for student achievement and teaching quality monies if the ... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Performance Reviews S.F. 277 (Section 28) Strikes Section 284.7, subsection 4, which provided that if a performance review for a teacher is conducted in the 5th year of the teacher's... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Teacher Preparation Program Effectiveness and P-16 Data System S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 4 Directs the commissioner to evaluate the effectiveness of all teacher preparation programs in the state, and the timelines and costs of deve... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Teacher Tenure Determinations S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 9 Directs the regents to promulgate rules establishing minimum standards and procedures for tenure determinations for teachers in all district... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Teacher Education Accountability Reporting System S.B. 211 Directs the state board to design a uniform statewide teacher education accountability reporting system to measure and track teacher educati... More... CO Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Teacher Identifier System S.B. 140 Creates the Effective Teachers Commission to study development of a teacher identifer system. A primary purpose of the identifier system wou... More... WV Rule Adoption 08/2006 P-12 Performance Evaluations of School Personnel Title 126, Series 142 Amends rules regarding performance evaluations of school personnel by requiring teachers with at least 5 years experience and no unsatisfact... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Teacher Issues H.B. 2792 - Section 5 - 23 Adds "evaluation of teachers against the Iowa teaching standards" as fifth element of the student achievement and teacher quality program. C... More... SC Adopted 05/2006 P-12 Teacher Quality and Certification R 43-62 Amends rules to create the need for restructuring the state system for training, certifying and evaluating teachers. Addresses the add-on ce... More... IL Adopted 04/2006 P-12 Accrediting Units in Teacher Preparation Programs 23 IAC 25.100, 115, 125, 127, 142, 145, 147, 155, 160, 165, 225, 444,490, 710, 720, Appendix E Establishes rules regarding the system for accrediting educational units in institutions that prepare educators and approving their respecti... More... WV Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Exemptions for Experienced Teachers wtih Satisfactory Ratings H.B. 4406 Removes the requirement to evaluate certain classroom teachers at least every three years. Teachers affected are those classroom teachers wi... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Teacher Evaluation and Compensation S.B. 324 Establishes a biennial review of the compensation of teachers and other occupations requiring similar education and training and requires su... More... LA Adopted 11/2005 P-12 Exclusion from the Teacher Assistance and Assessment Program LAC 28:XXXVII.507 Provides for the exclusion from the Teacher Assistance and Assessment Program for those teachers from other states who provide National Boar... More... DE Adopted 09/2005 P-12 Teacher Appraisal Process Performance Appraisal System 14 DAC 106 Clarifies rules regarding the criteria for a satisfactory rating under Student Improvement. DELAWARE REG 1774 (SN)... More... NM Adopted 05/2005 P-12 Licensure/Application Fee/Middle Level Education NMAC 6.60.3, .5, .6, .7, 6.61.3, .6, 6.64.16, .17, 6.69.4 Establishes rules regarding alternative licensure, competency testing for licensure, continuing licensure for licensed educators, educator l... More... MS Rule Adoption 12/2004 P-12 Process and Performance Review Guide Uncodified Revises the Process and Performance Review Guide, as reccomended by the Commission on Teacher and Administrator Education, Certification, an... More... DE Rule Adoption 12/2004 P-12 Procedures Manual - Licensing 8 DEC, 911 Procedures Manual, Appendixes A and B Amends the State Board of Education Procedures Manual by including licensing of substitute teachers and National Board teachers and removing... More... DE Rule Adoption 09/2004 P-12 Teacher, Specialist and Administrator Appraisal Process (DPASII) 14 DAC Sections 106, 107, and 108 Amends regulations by replacing the Teacher Appraisal Process Delaware Performance Appraisal System, the Specialist Appraisal System, and th... More... CA Vetoed 08/2004 P-12 Pupil Evaluation of a Teacher A.B. 2370 Permits, with respect to courses of study taught in any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive a teacher to solicit pupil evaluations of his or her co... More... DE Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Student Grades and Teacher Evaluations H.B. 126 Relates to student grades and teacher evaluations; provides that no one except the teacher who assigns a grade to a student may change the g... More... DE Rule Adoption 06/2004 P-12 Professional Standards Board: Knowledge, Skills And Responsibility Based Supplements 14 DAC 1501 Amends regulation by adding requirements for reauthorization, replication, and re-qualification of clusters and sets forth procedures for pa... More... CT Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Teachers Evaluations S.B. 533 Concerning teachers' evaluations; makes the failure to follow the procedures of evaluation programs subject to the grievance procedure in co... More... TX Rule Adoption 04/2004 P-12 Teacher Evaluations 19 TAC 153.1003 TEC, Chapter 21, was amended by HB 1440, 78th Texas Legislature, 2003, to modify §21.203(a) and §21.352(c). The modification to the law prov... More... WV Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Omnibus Bill -- Performance Evaluations Section H.B. 4001 Amends Chapter 18A-2-12 to provide that, for school personnel with five or more years of experience, who have not received an unsatisfactory... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Teacher Evaluation A.B. 954 Authorizes the evaluation and assessment at least every 5 years of personnel with permanent status who have been employed at least 10 years ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Public School Teacher Appraisals H.B. 1440 Current law requires all teachers to undergo an appraisal every year. However, this provision fails to permit an administrator to reduce the... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Inclusion of State Teaching Standards in Performance Evaluations H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Moves from July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2005 the date by which a local board must provide evaluations that include at least the state teaching st... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Inclusion of State Teaching Standards and Mock Evaluation in Student Teacher Programs H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Requires approved teacher preparation programs to include in the student teaching experience opportunities for the student teacher to become... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Review of Teacher Development Plan H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Adds that, subsequent to a teacher's evaluation, the individual teacher's evaluator, not just the teacher's supervisor, must review, modify,... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Teacher Intensive Assistance Program H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Changes from July 1, 2004 to July 1, 2005 date by which all districts must be ready to offer an intensive assistance program for any teacher... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Auditing of Teacher Evaluators' Evaluations H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Clarifies that, in addition to auditing comprehensive evaluations, regional review panels established by department may randomly audit teach... More... AZ Signed by Governor 04/2003 P-12 Classroom Performance; Teacher Reemployment S.B. 1330 Provides that the governing board of a school district shall develop a definition of inadequacy of classroom performance relating to the boa... More... DE Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Professional Standards Board H.B. 88 Relates to the professional standards board, its composition and governance, and educator evaluations. http://www.legis.state.de.us/Legislat... More... KS Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Local Board Personnel Evaluation Policy S.B. 82 Requires every local board to approve a written staff evaluation policy. This policy must include evaluation procedures for all employees, ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Accountability, Evaluation of Personnel H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Adds Section 22-10A-19. Requires state board to adopt criteria an minimum highly objective uniform statewide standards of evaluation for th... More... IA Adopted 03/2003 P-12 Beginning Teacher Mentoring and Induction Program and Non-Beginning Teacher Evaluation and Individual Teacher Career Development Plan 281 IAC 83.2 thru 83.6 Amends rules regarding the Teacher Quality Program. Includes preschool teachers in "beginning teacher" definition for purposes of beginning ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Education Evaluation Program Joint Committees S.B. 154 (Omnibus Bill) Amends Section 53A-10-103 to add parents to the membership of district joint committees. The overall committee membership is to be comprise... More... FL Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Personnel Policy S.B. 20E Removes provision mandating that school boards fully fund a 5% reserve for all instructional and administrative staff. See bill section 697,... More... IA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Teacher Induction, Evaluation, Early Retirement Incentives, Administrator Preparation and Certification, Minimum Teacher Salary Requirements, Statewide Career Path Pilot Program H.B. 2549 Requires state board to establish standards for district and area education agency career development programs and for individual teacher ca... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Provisional Teacher Certification and Kentucky Professional Standards Board S.B. 192 Permits the Education Professional Standards Board to issue a conditional one-year certificate to a teacher who has completed teacher prepar... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Teacher Quality Duties of the Office of Education Accountability S.B. 166 Makes it explicit that the Office of Education Accountability has a responsibility to periodically review personnel policies and practices r... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Teacher Tribunal Membership and Training S.B. 211 Permits retired teachers and administrators to be appointed to serve on teacher tribunals. Establishes that tribunal members are to be sele... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Staff Performance Evaluation Plan S.B. 165 Section formerly required each school to develop staff performance evaluation plan that would examine each employee's performance. New langu... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill--Teacher Accountability S.B. 308 Section 46 outlines a system of accountability for teachers and school personnel. It requires the adoption of statewide teacher performance ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Teaching Quality S.B. 16 Modifies provisions related to State System of Public and Higher Education to address issues of teacher quality in recognition of relationsh... More... SC Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Alternative Certification, Adds Days to the School Year, Teacher Evaluation S.B. 1111 Adds 3 days for the next 2 school years and 2 more days for all school years thereafter; provides that the State Board of Education shall re... More... DE Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Professional Development/Evaluation Pilot S.B. 343 Allows 1 local school district the ability to pilot a professional development and/or evaluation plan.... More... DE Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Professional Development and Educator Accountability Act S.B. 260 Creates the Professional Development and Educator Accountability Act. Beginning in 2002, at least 20% of educator's performance evaluation w... More... CT Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Teacher Evaluation H.B. 5275 Strengthens the relationship between teacher evaluations and the provisions for teacher dismissal for incompetence.... More... LA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Evaluation of School Personnel S.B. 23A Relates to the evaluation of school personnel; provides relative to the powers and duties of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Edu... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Teacher Evaluation Components H.B. 1187 Teacher evaluations must include evaluation of student achievement and communication skills with parents, students, teachers, administrators... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Cheating S.B. 548 Permits the Office of the Attorney General, on behalf of the Board of Education to bring a cause of action for injunctive relief or civil pe... More...