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H0185.............................................................by EDUCATION
SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES - EVALUATIONS - Amends existing law to revise
conditions when a support program is required; and to provide that school
district employee evaluations must be completed prior to December 15.
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AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Block,
Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Cannon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Gagner, Garrett, Harwood,
Henbest, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kulczyk, Lake, Langford, Langhorst,
Martinez, McGeachin, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Moyle, Nielsen, Raybould,
Ridinger, Ring, Roberts, Rydalch, Sali, Schaefer(Schaefer), Shepherd,
Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Tilman,
Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Andersen, Douglas, Ringo, Sayler
Absent and excused -- Campbell, Field(18), Field(23), Mitchell,
Naccarato, Robison, Stevenson
Floor Sponsor - Bolz
Title apvd - to Senate
02/24 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session - 2003
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 185
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO EMPLOYEE EVALUATIONS BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS; AMENDING SECTION 33-514,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE CONDITIONS WHEN A SUPPORT PROGRAM IS REQUIRED AND TO
4 PROVIDE A REVISED DATE WHEN AN EVALUATION MUST HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
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 -- SUPPORT PROGRAMS -- CATEGORIES OF
9 CONTRACTS -- OPTIONAL PLACEMENT. (1) The board of trustees shall establish
10 criteria and procedures for the supervision and evaluation of certificated
11 employees who are not employed on a renewable contract, as provided for in
12 section 33-515, Idaho Code.
13 (2) Each school district shall have a support program for certificated
14 employees who are experiencing their first three (3) years with the district
15 in the profession, under a category 1, 2 or 3 contract, providing support in
16 the areas of: administrative and supervisory support, mentoring, peer assis-
17 tance and professional development. In developing support programs, nothing
18 shall prevent districts from joining together to formulate a joint program
19 applicable to each member district. Programs shall be submitted for approval
20 to the state department of education in accordance with procedures established
21 by the department. The state department of education is hereby authorized and
22 directed to:
23 (a) Formulate basic guidelines which districts shall use as a model for
24 developing district programs;
25 (b) Approve school district support programs; and
26 (c) Establish procedures for districts to submit programs for approval,
27 to provide for periodic review of previously approved programs, and to
28 allow districts to amend previously approved programs.
29 (3) There shall be three (3) categories of annual contracts available to
30 local school districts under which to employ certificated personnel:
31 (a) A category 1 contract is a limited one-year contract as provided in
32 section 33-514A, Idaho Code.
33 (b) A category 2 contract is for certificated personnel in the first and
34 second years of continuous employment with the same school district. While
35 employed under a category 2 contract, the employee shall be provided the
36 services of the district support program referenced in subsection (2) of
37 this section. Upon the decision by a local school board not to reemploy
38 the person for the following year, the certificated employee shall be pro-
39 vided a written statement of reasons for non-reemployment by no later than
40 May 25. No property rights shall attach to a category 2 contract and
41 therefore the employee shall not be entitled to a review by the local
42 board of the reasons or decision not to reemploy.
43 (c) A category 3 contract is for certificated personnel during the third
2
1 year of continuous employment by the same school district. District proce-
2 dures shall require at least one (1) evaluation prior to the beginning of
3 the second semester no later than December 15 of the school year and the
4 results of any such evaluation shall be made a matter of record in the
5 employee's personnel file. When any such employee's work is found to be
6 unsatisfactory a defined period of probation shall be established by the
7 board, but in no case shall a probationary period be less than eight (8)
8 weeks. After the probationary period, action shall be taken by the board
9 as to whether the employee is to be retained, immediately discharged, dis-
10 charged upon termination of the current contract or reemployed at the end
11 of the contract term under a continued probationary status. Notwithstand-
12 ing the provisions of sections 67-2344 and 67-2345, Idaho Code, a decision
13 to place certificated personnel on probationary status may be made in
14 executive session and the employee shall not be named in the minutes of
15 the meeting. A record of the decision shall be placed in the employee's
16 personnel file. This procedure shall not preclude recognition of unsatis-
17 factory work at a subsequent evaluation and the establishment of a reason-
18 able period of probation. In all instances, the employee shall be duly
19 notified in writing of the areas of work which are deficient, including
20 the conditions of probation. Each such certificated employee on a category
21 3 contract shall be given notice, in writing, whether he or she will be
22 reemployed for the next ensuing year. Such notice shall be given by the
23 board of trustees no later than the twenty-fifth day of May of each such
24 year. If the board of trustees has decided not to reemploy the certifi-
25 cated employee, then the notice must contain a statement of reasons for
26 such decision and the employee shall, upon request, be given the opportu-
27 nity for an informal review of such decision by the board of trustees. The
28 parameters of an informal review shall be determined by the local board.
29 (4) School districts hiring an employee who has been on renewable con-
30 tract status with another Idaho district or has out-of-state experience which
31 would otherwise qualify the certificated employee for renewable contract sta-
32 tus in Idaho, shall have the option to immediately grant renewable contract
33 status, or to place the employee on a category 3 annual contract. Such employ-
34 ment on a category 3 contract under the provisions of this subsection may be
35 for one (1), two (2) or three (3) years.
36 (5) There shall be a minimum of two (2) written evaluations in each of
37 the annual contract years of employment, and at least one (1) evaluation shall
38 be completed before January December 15 of each year. The provisions of this
39 subsection (5) shall not apply to employees on a category 1 contract.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 12720C1
The purpose of this legislation is to accomplish two things:
(1) allow teachers who have teaching experience of more than
three years from one school district and then move to another
school district to be exempted from the support program and (2)
make congruent the dates required for teacher evaluation. By
changing the date to December 15, it allows the school district
time to take any corrective action necessary following the
evaluation.*
FISCAL IMPACT
*There is no fiscal impact to the general fund.
Contact
Name: Representative Bolz
Phone: 332-1207
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 185