Assembly Bill A10786

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides for the public disclosure of the final quality ratings and composite effectiveness scores of teachers and building principals

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7792 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

co-Sponsors

2011-A10786 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7792
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3012-c, Ed L

2011-A10786 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the public disclosure of the final quality ratings and composite effectiveness scores of teachers and building principals.

2011-A10786 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  10786

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              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
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.