A10786-2011 Actions

• Jun 21, 2012: substituted by s7792
• Jun 20, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.466
• Jun 20, 2012: rules report cal.466
• Jun 20, 2012: reported
• Jun 19, 2012: reported referred to rules
• Jun 18, 2012: referred to education

A10786-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 10786
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 June 18, 2012
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jaffee) -
 (at request of the Governor) -- read once and referred to the  Commit
 tee on Education
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to requiring public
 disclosure of the results of annual professional  performance  reviews
 of teachers and principals
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1.

Section 3012-c of the education law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 10 to read as follows:

 10. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
 SHALL  FULLY  DISCLOSE  AND RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC AND THE DEPARTMENT THE
 FINAL QUALITY RATINGS AND COMPOSITE EFFECTIVENESS SCORES FROM THE ANNUAL
 PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS  OF  ITS  TEACHERS  AND  PRINCIPALS  AS
 PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
 A.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  FULLY  DISCLOSE PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE
 REVIEW DATA FOR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS  IN  EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  AND
 BOARD  OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ON THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE AND
 IN ANY OTHER MANNER TO MAKE SUCH DATA WIDELY AVAILABLE  TO  THE  PUBLIC.
 SUCH  DATA  SHALL  BE  SUITABLE FOR RESEARCH, ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF
 PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW DATA FOR TEACHERS AND  PRINCIPALS.  SUCH
 PUBLIC  DISCLOSURE SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FINAL QUALITY
 RATINGS AND COMPOSITE EFFECTIVENESS SCORES BY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR  PRIN
 CIPAL  EVALUATION  DATA,  BY SCHOOL BUILDING FOR TEACHER EVALUATION DATA
 AND, WITHIN EACH DISTRICT AND SCHOOL BUILDING,  BY  CLASS,  SUBJECT  AND
 GRADE;  FINAL  QUALITY  RATINGS  AND  COMPOSITE  EFFECTIVENESS SCORES BY
 REGION, DISTRICT WEALTH, DISTRICT  NEED  CATEGORY,  STUDENT  ENROLLMENT,
 TYPE  OF SCHOOL (I.E.  ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL), STUDENT NEED
 (E.G., POVERTY LEVEL), AND DISTRICT SPENDING; FINAL QUALITY RATINGS  AND
 COMPOSITE  EFFECTIVENESS  SCORES BY THE PERCENTAGE OR NUMBER OF TEACHERS
 AND PRINCIPALS IN EACH FINAL QUALITY RATING CATEGORY, MOVING TO A HIGHER
 RATING CATEGORY THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, MOVING TO A LOWER RATING CATEGO
 RY THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND RETAINED IN  EACH  RATING  CATEGORY;  AND
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD12167-01-2
 
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 DATA  ON  TENURE  GRANTING  AND DENIAL BASED ON THE FINAL QUALITY RATING
 CATEGORIES.
 B.  EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
 SHALL FULLY DISCLOSE AND RELEASE TO THE PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS OF A
 STUDENT THE FINAL QUALITY RATING AND COMPOSITE EFFECTIVENESS  SCORE  FOR
 EACH  OF  THE  TEACHERS  AND FOR THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING TO
 WHICH THE STUDENT IS ASSIGNED FOR  THE  CURRENT  SCHOOL  YEAR  UPON  THE
 REQUEST  OF SUCH PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS. THE GOVERNING BODY OF EACH
 SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  SHALL
 PROVIDE  CONSPICUOUS  NOTICE TO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS OF THE RIGHT
 TO OBTAIN SUCH INFORMATION. PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS MAY  REVIEW  AND
 RECEIVE  SUCH DATA IN ANY MANNER, INCLUDING BY PHONE OR IN PERSON; SHALL
 RECEIVE AN ORAL OR WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF  THE  COMPOSITE  EFFECTIVENESS
 SCORING  RANGES  FOR FINAL QUALITY RATINGS; AND BE OFFERED OPPORTUNITIES
 TO UNDERSTAND SUCH SCORES IN  THE  CONTEXT  OF  TEACHER  EVALUATION  AND
 STUDENT  PERFORMANCE.    REASONABLE EFFORTS SHALL BE MADE TO VERIFY THAT
 ANY SUCH REQUEST IS A BONA FIDE REQUEST BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN ENTITLED
 TO REVIEW AND RECEIVE SUCH DATA PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
 C. THE DEPARTMENT AND EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE
 EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  ANY RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC OF
 ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW DATA, OR ANY OTHER DATA  THAT  IS
 USED AS A COMPONENT OF ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS, DOES NOT
 INCLUDE PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FOR ANY TEACHER OR PRINCIPAL,
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  NOTHING SHALL IMPAIR THE RIGHT OF PARENTS AND
 LEGAL GUARDIANS TO REVIEW AND  RECEIVE  THE  FINAL  QUALITY  RATING  AND
 COMPOSITE  EFFECTIVENESS  SCORE OF INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AS
 PROVIDED  IN  PARAGRAPH  B  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  ANNUAL  PROFESSIONAL
 PERFORMANCE  REVIEWS  OF INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS SHALL NOT BE
 SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX  OF  THE  PUBLIC  OFFICERS
 LAW.
 D.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM
 COLLECTING SUCH DATA AND MATERIALS FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND  BOARDS  OF
 COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS IS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT ITS FUNC
 TIONS AND DUTIES, INCLUDING ITS RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO THE  FEDERAL
 RACE TO THE TOP PROGRAM.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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