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May 19, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S5605
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 11th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-S5605 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3012-d, Ed L
2015-S5605 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5605 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the use of independent trained evaluators SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 3012-d of the education law as added by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015. Section 2 - effective date. PURPOSE: To insure broader independence and flexibility among school districts to use independent trained evaluators, subject to negotiations pursuant to article fourteen of thee civil service law. JUSTIFICATION: Due to the new teacher evaluation guidelines passed in the 2015-16 enacted budget, school districts are faced with draconian administrative choices. Schools should not be pigeonholed into applying evaluation regimes that do not make sense for their districts. While school districts have historically been underfunded, imposing this additional unfunded mandate is irresponsible. The sole use of an outsider as the evaluator of teachers and building principals provides
2015-S5605 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5605 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 19, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the use of independent trained evaluators THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section 3012-d of the education law, as added by section 2 of subpart E of part EE of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: b. Teacher observations category. The observations category for teach- ers shall be based on a state-approved rubric and shall include up to three subcomponents. Such category must include: (1) a subcomponent based on classroom observations conducted by a principal or other trained administrator and [must] MAY also include (2) a subcomponent based on classroom observations by an impartial independent trained evaluator or evaluators selected by the district. An independent trained evaluator may be employed within the SAME school district[, but not the same school building,] as the teacher being evaluated. Such category may also include a subcomponent based on classroom observations conducted by a trained peer teacher rated effective or highly effective from the same school or from another school in the district. SUCH DECISION TO USE AN INDEPENDENT TRAINED EVALUATOR SHALL BE SUBJECT TO NEGOTIATIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW. The commissioner shall determine the weights, and/or weighting options and scoring ranges for the subcomponents of the observations category that result in a combined category rating. The commissioner shall also determine the minimum number of observations to be conducted annually, including frequency and duration, and any parameters therefor. The commissioner shall set such weights and scores consistent with the terms contained herein. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11256-01-5
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