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S1193..........................................................by EDUCATION TEACHERS - EVALUATION - Amends existing law relating to issuance of annual contracts to school district employees to specify consideration of student achievement results in evaluation of certificated employees. 02/15 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing 02/16 Rpt prt - to Educ
S1193|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1193 BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO ISSUANCE OF ANNUAL CONTRACTS TO SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES; AMEND- 3 ING SECTION 33-514, IDAHO CODE, TO SPECIFY CERTAIN CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION 4 OF CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES. 5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 6 SECTION 1. That Section 33-514, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 7 amended to read as follows: 8 33-514. ISSUANCE OF ANNUAL CONTRACTS. The board of trustees shall estab- 9 lish criteria and procedures for the supervision and evaluation of certifi- 10 cated employees who are not employed on a renewable contract, as provided for 11 in section 33-515, Idaho Code. Such procedures shall require at least one (1) 12 evaluation prior to the beginning of the second semester of the school year 13 and the results of any such evaluation shall be made a matter of record in the 14 employee's personnel file. Such evaluation criteria for certificated 15 employees shall include, but not be limited to, the student achievement 16 results for the students in the charge of the certificated employee. 17 When any such employee's work is found to be unsatisfactory a reasonable 18 period of probation shall be established by the board after which action shall 19 be taken by the board as to whether the employee is to be retained, immedi- 20 ately discharged, discharged upon termination of the current contract or reem- 21 ployed at the end of the contract term under a continued probationary status. 22 Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 67-2344 and 67-2345, Idaho Code, a 23 decision to place certificated personnel on probationary status may be made in 24 executive session and the employee shall not be named in the minutes of the 25 meeting. A record of the decision shall be placed in the employee's personnel 26 file. This procedure shall not preclude recognition of unsatisfactory work at 27 a subsequent evaluation and the establishment of a reasonable period of proba- 28 tion. In all instances, the employee shall be duly notified in writing of the 29 areas of work which are deficient, including the conditions of probation. 30 Through the third year of continuous employment by the same school district, 31 including any specially chartered district, each such certificated employee 32 shall be given notice, in writing, whether he or she will be reemployed for 33 the next ensuing year. Such notice shall be given by the board of trustees no 34 later than the fifteenth day of June of each such year. If the board of 35 trustees has decided not to reemploy the certificated employee, then the 36 notice must contain a statement of reasons for such decision and the employee 37 shall, upon request, be given the opportunity for an informal review of such 38 decision by the board of trustees.
STATEMENT CF PURPOSE
RS08809
The purpose of this legislation is to specify that one component of
a certificated employees evaluation must include the achievement of
the students under the supervision of the certificated employee.
FISCAL NOTE
No fiscal impact to the state.
Contact: Senator Don Burtenshaw - 332-1344
Senator Darrel Deide - 332-1345
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