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SENATE BILL NO. 1436<br /> – Teachers, salaries

SENATE BILL NO. 1436

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S1436......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
TEACHERS - SALARIES - Adds to and amends existing law relating to salaries
of certificated public school employees to provide an exemption of certain
added salary increments; to provide for allocation of amounts distributed
pursuant to the state teacher advancement and recognition system required
to meet the employer's obligations to the Public Employee Retirement System
and to Social Security; to provide the Idaho State Teacher Advancement and
Recognition System; to provide a base salary step; to provide for growth
and excellence bonus awards; to provide locally-controlled market scarcity
competitiveness pay; to provide leadership awards; to provide for transfer
of certain funds for payment of awards; to provide that certain unused
funds be returned to the Public School Income Fund; to provide for the
development and presentation of additional measures of student performance
subject to implementation of a data system; to provide limitations
regarding procedures; to provide definitions; to provide for adjustment of
distributions; to provide for the appointment of a teacher performance
evaluation task force to develop minimum standards for a fair, thorough,
consistent and efficient system for evaluating teacher performance in
Idaho; and to provide for written recommendations to be presented by no
later than January 30, 2009.

02/20    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/21    Rpt prt - to Educ
02/27    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/28    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/29    3rd rdg - FAILED - 16-19-0
      AYES -- Bair, Fulcher, Geddes, Goedde, Hammond, Heinrich, Hill,
      Jorgenson, Little, Lodge, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Siddoway
      NAYS -- Andreason, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett, Cameron,
      Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst,
      Malepeai(Sagness), Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Goedde
    Filed in Office of the Secretary of Senate

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2008

                                                                       

                                       IN THE SENATE

                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1436

                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO SALARIES OF CERTIFICATED PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES; AMENDING SECTION
  3        33-515, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN  ADDED  SALARY  INCRE-
  4        MENTS; AMENDING SECTION 33-1004F, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR ALLOCATION OF
  5        AMOUNTS DISTRIBUTED PURSUANT TO THE STATE TEACHER ADVANCEMENT AND RECOGNI-
  6        TION  SYSTEM  REQUIRED  TO  MEET  THE EMPLOYER'S OBLIGATIONS TO THE PUBLIC
  7        EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND TO SOCIAL SECURITY AND TO  DELETE  OBSOLETE
  8        PROVISIONS;  AMENDING CHAPTER 10, TITLE 33, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF
  9        A NEW SECTION 33-1004I, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE  THE  IDAHO  STATE  TEACHER
 10        ADVANCEMENT AND RECOGNITION SYSTEM, TO PROVIDE A BASE SALARY STEP, TO PRO-
 11        VIDE FOR GROWTH AND EXCELLENCE BONUS AWARDS, TO PROVIDE LOCALLY-CONTROLLED
 12        MARKET SCARCITY COMPETITIVENESS PAY, TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP AWARDS, TO PRO-
 13        VIDE  FOR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FUNDS FOR PAYMENT OF AWARDS, TO PROVIDE THAT
 14        CERTAIN UNUSED FUNDS BE RETURNED TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL INCOME FUND, TO PRO-
 15        VIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRESENTATION OF ADDITIONAL MEASURES  OF  STU-
 16        DENT  PERFORMANCE  SUBJECT  TO IMPLEMENTATION OF A DATA SYSTEM, TO PROVIDE
 17        LIMITATIONS REGARDING PROCEDURES, TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS  AND  TO  PROVIDE
 18        FOR  ADJUSTMENT  OF  DISTRIBUTIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A
 19        TEACHER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION TASK FORCE TO DEVELOP MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR
 20        A FAIR, THOROUGH, CONSISTENT AND EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR  EVALUATING  TEACHER
 21        PERFORMANCE  IN  IDAHO  AND  TO  PRESENT ITS WRITTEN RECOMMENDATIONS BY NO
 22        LATER THAN JANUARY 30, 2009.

 23    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 24        SECTION 1.  That Section 33-515, Idaho Code, be, and the  same  is  hereby
 25    amended to read as follows:

 26        33-515.  ISSUANCE  OF  RENEWABLE  CONTRACTS. During the third full year of
 27    continuous employment by the same school  district,  including  any  specially
 28    chartered  district,  each  certificated  employee named in subsection (16) of
 29    section 33-1001, Idaho Code, and each school nurse and school librarian  shall
 30    be  evaluated  for  a renewable contract and shall, upon having been offered a
 31    contract for the next ensuing year,  having  given  notice  of  acceptance  of
 32    renewal  and  upon  signing  a contract for a fourth full year, be placed on a
 33    renewable contract status with said school district subject to the  provisions
 34    included in this chapter.
 35        After  the  third  full year of employment and at least once annually, the
 36    performance of each  such  certificated  employee,  school  nurse,  or  school
 37    librarian  shall be evaluated according to criteria and procedures established
 38    by the board of trustees in accordance with general guidelines approved by the
 39    state board of education. Except as otherwise provided, that person shall have
 40    the right to automatic renewal of contract by giving notice,  in  writing,  of
 41    acceptance  of renewal. Such notice shall be given to the board of trustees of
 42    the school district then employing such person not later than the first day of
 43    June preceding the expiration of the term of the current contract.  Except  as

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  1    otherwise  provided by this paragraph, the board of trustees shall notify each
  2    person entitled to be employed on a renewable contract of the requirement that
  3    such person must give the notice hereinabove and that failure to do so may  be
  4    interpreted by the board as a declination of the right to automatic renewal or
  5    the  offer  of  another contract. Such notification shall be made, in writing,
  6    not later than the fifteenth day of May, in each  year, except to  those  per-
  7    sons  to  whom  the board, prior to said date, has sent proposed contracts for
  8    the next ensuing year, or to whom the board has given the notice  required  by
  9    this section.
 10        Any  contract  automatically  renewed under the provisions of this section
 11    shall be for the same length as the term stated in the current contract and at
 12    a salary no lower than that specified therein, to which shall  be  added  such
 13    increments  as may be determined by the statutory or regulatory rights of such
 14    employee by reason of training, service,  or  performance;  provided  however,
 15    this  provision  shall  not  apply  to  awards distributed pursuant to section
 16    33-1004I, Idaho Code.
 17        Nothing herein shall prevent the board of trustees from offering a renewed
 18    contract increasing the salary of any certificated person, or from reassigning
 19    an administrative employee to a nonadministrative  position  with  appropriate
 20    reduction  of salary from the preexisting salary level. In the event the board
 21    of trustees reassigns an administrative employee to a nonadministrative  posi-
 22    tion,  the  board  shall  give written notice to the employee which contains a
 23    statement of the reasons for the  reassignment.  The  employee,  upon  written
 24    request  to  the  board, shall be entitled to an informal review of that deci-
 25    sion. The process and procedure for the informal review shall be determined by
 26    the local board of trustees.
 27        Before a board of trustees can determine not to renew for  reasons  of  an
 28    unsatisfactory report of the performance of any certificated person whose con-
 29    tract  would  otherwise  be automatically renewed, or to renew the contract of
 30    any such person at a reduced salary, such person shall be entitled to  a  rea-
 31    sonable  period  of probation. This period of probation shall be preceded by a
 32    written notice from the board of trustees with reasons for  such  probationary
 33    period  and  with  provisions  for  adequate supervision and evaluation of the
 34    person's performance during the probationary period. Such period of  probation
 35    shall not affect the person's renewable contract status. Consideration of pro-
 36    bationary  status for certificated personnel is consideration of the status of
 37    an employee within the meaning of section 67-2345, Idaho Code, and may be held
 38    in executive session. If the consideration results in probationary status, the
 39    individual on probation shall not be named in the minutes of  the  meeting.  A
 40    record of the decision shall be placed in the teacher's personnel file.
 41        If  the  board  of  trustees takes action to immediately discharge or dis-
 42    charge upon termination of the current contract a  certificated  person  whose
 43    contract would otherwise be automatically renewed, or to renew the contract of
 44    any  such person at a reduced salary, the action of the board shall be consis-
 45    tent with the procedures specified in section 33-513(5), Idaho Code, and  fur-
 46    thermore, the board shall notify the employee in writing whether there is just
 47    and  reasonable cause not to renew the contract or to reduce the salary of the
 48    affected employee, and if so, what reasons it relied upon in  that  determina-
 49    tion.
 50        If  the  board of trustees, for reasons other than unsatisfactory service,
 51    for the ensuing contract year, determines to change the  length  of  the  term
 52    stated in the current contract, reduce the salary or not renew the contract of
 53    a certificated person whose contract would otherwise be automatically renewed,
 54    nothing herein shall require a probationary period.

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  1        SECTION  2.  That Section 33-1004F, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  2    amended to read as follows:

  3        33-1004F.  OBLIGATIONS TO RETIREMENT  AND  SOCIAL  SECURITY  BENEFITS.  1.
  4    Based  upon  the  actual  salary-based apportionment, as determined in section
  5    33-1004E, Idaho  Code, and distributions made pursuant  to  section  33-1004I,
  6    Idaho  Code,  there  shall  be  allocated  that  amount  required  to meet the
  7    employer's obligations to the public employee retirement system and to  social
  8    security.
  9        2.  If  a  district's  qualifying  salaries total more than the district's
 10    salary-based apportionment, there shall be allocated an additional  amount  to
 11    meet the employer's obligation to the public employee retirement system and to
 12    social security equal to two-thirds (2/3) of the additional obligation for the
 13    school  year  1994-95. If a district's qualifying salaries total more than the
 14    district's salary-based apportionment, there shall be allocated an  additional
 15    amount  to  meet  the  employer's obligation to the public employee retirement
 16    system and to social security equal to one-third (1/3) of the additional obli-
 17    gation for the school year 1995-96. Thereafter, the benefit  allocation  shall
 18    be based solely upon the provisions of subsection 1. of this section.

 19        SECTION  3.  That  Chapter  10,  Title 33, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
 20    hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and  des-
 21    ignated as Section 33-1004I, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:

 22        33-1004I.  IDAHO   STATE   TEACHER   ADVANCEMENT  AND  RECOGNITION  SYSTEM
 23    (I-STARS). In addition to the moneys provided pursuant to the calculations for
 24    salary-based apportionment, the following amounts  shall  be  distributed  and
 25    paid, subject to the criteria contained herein.
 26        (1)  The  base  I-STARS  step  shall  be  one thousand two hundred dollars
 27    ($1,200).
 28        (2)  Student achievement bonuses for  growth  and  excellence.  The  state
 29    department  of  education shall rank each school administering the Idaho stan-
 30    dards achievement test (ISAT) to its students based on growth and  excellence.
 31    In each case, the bonus award shall be distributed on a full-time equivalency-
 32    adjusted basis, based on school building personnel assignments in place at the
 33    time  the  spring  ISAT being used to determine bonus awards was administered.
 34    Bonus awards shall be distributed by no later than the December following  the
 35    spring  ISAT. For the first year, the spring 2008 ISAT shall be used and bonus
 36    awards distributed by December 2008. School districts shall  remit  all  bonus
 37    awards to eligible employees promptly, in a lump sum payment.
 38        (a)  Growth  shall  be  calculated  using the spring ISAT scores for those
 39        subjects that are tested in at  least  six  (6)  grade  levels.  For  each
 40        school,  grade and relevant subject, the average overall spring ISAT score
 41        shall be divided by the previous year's average overall spring ISAT score.
 42        This figure shall then be divided by the matched figure, by grade and sub-
 43        ject, calculated using the statewide average. The result of this  calcula-
 44        tion  shall be the school's growth figure for that grade and subject. Each
 45        school's overall growth figure shall be the average  of  all  such  growth
 46        figures.  If  ISAT results are not available for the previous spring, then
 47        results from the twice-previous spring shall be used as the basis for com-
 48        parison, and the growth calculation figures shall be applied to  the  cur-
 49        rent  grade  and subject being tested, and the prior grade and subject. To
 50        the extent practicable, children not present in the  school  district  for
 51        one  (1)  of the two (2) spring ISAT test scores being compared, and chil-
 52        dren excluded from federally-required test results due to lack of  enroll-

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  1        ment time, shall be excluded from the school-level data.
  2             (i)  Each  certificated  instructional  and  administrative  employee
  3             assigned  to  a  school ranked in the top quartile for overall growth
  4             shall receive a bonus award equal to the base I-STARS step.
  5             (ii)  Each certificated  instructional  and  administrative  employee
  6             assigned  to a school ranked in the second highest quartile for over-
  7             all growth shall receive a bonus award equal to one-half (1/2) of the
  8             base I-STARS step.
  9        (b)  The  excellence  figure  shall be each school's average percentage of
 10        students achieving grade level proficiency or greater in the spring  ISAT,
 11        across  all  grades  and  subjects tested in the current school year. Each
 12        certificated instructional  and  administrative  employee  assigned  to  a
 13        school  ranked  in  the  top quartile for excellence shall receive a bonus
 14        award equal to one-half (1/2) of the base I-STARS step; provided  however,
 15        that  any school with an excellence figure of eighty-five percent (85%) or
 16        higher shall qualify for this award in the first year. The excellence fig-
 17        ure needed for this automatic qualification shall increase by one  percent
 18        (1%)  in  each  subsequent  year,  until the figure reaches ninety percent
 19        (90%).
 20    For  the  purposes  of  awarding  performance-based  bonuses  to  certificated
 21    instructional and administrative employees assigned to  schools  serving  only
 22    grades  in  which no ISAT is administered or in which no growth calculation is
 23    possible, such employees shall be included proportionately  with  the  schools
 24    administering  the ISAT to which the nontesting school's students matriculate.
 25    Quartiles, for the purposes of this subsection (2), shall be calculated  based
 26    on  the number of full-time equivalent certificated positions assigned to each
 27    school.
 28        (3)  Locally-controlled market scarcity competitiveness pay.
 29        (a)  The  state  board  of  education  shall  designate  certificates  and
 30        endorsements  held  by  certificated  instructional  staff  for   locally-
 31        controlled  market  scarcity competitiveness pay. The board shall rank the
 32        certificates or endorsements to be so designated  based  on  the  relative
 33        difficulty of school districts' ability to recruit and retain such person-
 34        nel.  No  additional  certificates  or  endorsements  may  be added to the
 35        rankings beyond the first such certificate or endorsement that causes  the
 36        number  of certificates or endorsements to equal or exceed one-third (1/3)
 37        of the total certificates and endorsements held by  certificated  instruc-
 38        tional  public  school  employees in the state. The board shall review and
 39        alter such rankings and designations at least once every three  (3)  years
 40        based on market conditions. Any changes in rankings and designations shall
 41        be  made  by  the  board  by no later than March 31 of the previous school
 42        year, and school districts shall be promptly notified of any changes.
 43        (b)  School district boards of trustees may choose to  designate  certifi-
 44        cates  and  endorsements  held by certificated instructional employees for
 45        locally-controlled market scarcity competitiveness pay, provided such cer-
 46        tificates and endorsements have been so designated by the state  board  of
 47        education  as provided in subsection (3)(a) of this section. School boards
 48        of trustees choosing to make such designations shall rank the certificates
 49        and endorsements based  on  the  relative  difficulty  of  recruiting  and
 50        retaining  such  personnel. No additional certificates or endorsements may
 51        be added to the rankings beyond the first such certificate or  endorsement
 52        that  causes  the  number of the district's full-time equivalent employees
 53        utilizing such certificates and endorsements to equal or exceed  ten  per-
 54        cent  (10%)  of  the  certificated instructional positions employed by the
 55        district; provided however, the number of such employees who may be desig-

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  1        nated shall not be less than one (1). The amount distributed to each  par-
  2        ticipating  district  shall  be equal to ten percent (10%) of the certifi-
  3        cated instructional positions employed by the district, multiplied by  the
  4        base  I-STARS step; provided however, the number of positions shall not be
  5        less than one (1). Funds so distributed shall be paid solely to   certifi-
  6        cated  instructional personnel holding the certifications and endorsements
  7        designated by the local school board, in amounts that shall be  determined
  8        at  the  discretion  of  the  local board, which may vary between, but not
  9        within, individual certificate and endorsement areas; provided however, no
 10        award shall exceed twice the base I-STARS step. School districts may  also
 11        vary individual payments based on full-time equivalent assignments.
 12        (c)  School  districts  may apply to the state board of education to waive
 13        the requirement that a certificate or endorsement designated by the school
 14        district for locally-controlled market scarcity competitiveness pay  first
 15        be designated for such by the state board of education. The state board of
 16        education may grant such a waiver for good and rational cause.
 17        (d)  In    order    to    receive   locally-controlled   market   scarcity
 18        competitiveness pay, an individual must actually be providing  instruction
 19        or service within the designated certificate or endorsement area.
 20        (e)  If  an  individual  qualifies  for locally-controlled market scarcity
 21        competitiveness pay in more than one (1) certificate or  endorsement,  the
 22        individual  shall  be allocated and paid on a full-time equivalency basis,
 23        based on the relative time spent in each of the qualifying areas.
 24        (f)  School district boards of trustees participating in this  step  shall
 25        designate  a  new  list  of  certificates  and  endorsements  for locally-
 26        controlled market scarcity competitiveness pay for each school year by  no
 27        later than June 1 of the previous school year. The new list may be identi-
 28        cal  to the list from the previous school year, subject to the current ten
 29        percent (10%) limitation requirements.
 30        (g)  Locally-controlled market scarcity competitiveness pay shall be  dis-
 31        tributed  to  school  districts  by no later than December 31. School dis-
 32        tricts shall remit locally-controlled market scarcity competitiveness  pay
 33        to eligible employees promptly, in a lump sum payment.
 34        (4)  Leadership awards.
 35        (a)  School  district  boards  of trustees may designate up to twenty-five
 36        percent (25%) of their certificated instructional employees for leadership
 37        awards. Such awards shall recognize excellence, be valid only for the fis-
 38        cal year for which the awards are made, and require one (1) or more of the
 39        following additional duties:
 40             (i)   Teacher mentoring;
 41             (ii)  Peer teaching coach;
 42             (iii) Other additional duties as may be determined at the  discretion
 43             of  the  local  school  district board of trustees; provided however,
 44             duties related to student activities and athletics shall not be  eli-
 45             gible.
 46        (b)  Local  school  district  boards  of  trustees  shall require that the
 47        employee work additional time as a condition of the receipt of  a  leader-
 48        ship award.
 49        (c)  Local  school  district boards of trustees may grant multiple leader-
 50        ship awards with multiple additional duties. No employee,  however,  shall
 51        receive more than twice the base I-STARS step as a state-funded leadership
 52        award.
 53        (d)  Employees  with fewer than three (3) years of experience shall not be
 54        eligible for leadership awards. The term "experience" shall be as used for
 55        certificated instructional staff in section 33-1004A, Idaho Code.

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  1        (e)  School districts shall notify the state department  of  education  of
  2        the  designation  of an employee to receive a leadership award by the date
  3        prescribed in section 33-1004D, Idaho Code, in order  to  be  eligible  to
  4        receive such distributions for that fiscal year.
  5        (f)  The  maximum  amount of leadership award funds that shall be distrib-
  6        uted to each school district shall be calculated  by  multiplying  twenty-
  7        five  hundredths  (0.25) of the full-time equivalent certificated instruc-
  8        tional personnel actually employed by the district  by  the  base  I-STARS
  9        step.
 10        (g)  Funds  distributed  for  leadership  awards shall be made on the same
 11        schedule as prescribed in subsection (3) of this section.
 12        (5)  School districts may transfer  any  funds  distributed  for  locally-
 13    controlled  market  scarcity competitiveness pay to leadership awards, and may
 14    transfer up to fifty percent (50%) of the  funds  distributed  for  leadership
 15    awards  to  locally-controlled market scarcity competitiveness pay. For school
 16    districts making such transfers, the percentage participation requirements  of
 17    subsections  (3)  and  (4)  of this section shall be changed to reflect actual
 18    dollars available, divided by the base I-STARS step.
 19        (6)  Any funds distributed pursuant to this section that remain unused  at
 20    the  end  of the fiscal year in which they were distributed, or that were used
 21    in violation of the provisions of this section, shall be returned to the  pub-
 22    lic school income fund.
 23        (7)  School  districts shall not adopt additional procedures, through con-
 24    tractual agreement or otherwise, that in any way limit their  decision  making
 25    discretion authorized in this section. For any contracts or agreements entered
 26    into  by  a school district in violation of this prohibition, those provisions
 27    in violation shall be null and void.
 28        (8)  School districts shall not enter into any discriminatory contract  or
 29    agreement  that provides additional compensation to certificated employees not
 30    receiving awards under the provisions of this section, and excludes those cer-
 31    tificated employees receiving such awards. For  any  contracts  or  agreements
 32    entered into by a school district in violation of this prohibition, those pro-
 33    visions in violation shall be null and void.
 34        (9)  Subject  to  the  implementation  of a state longitudinal educational
 35    data system, the state superintendent  of  public  instruction  shall  develop
 36    additional  measures of student performance for later inclusion in the student
 37    achievement bonuses available pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. Such
 38    measures may include dropout and graduation rates, non-ISAT assessments, post-
 39    secondary education success, or other measures  as  determined  by  the  state
 40    superintendent  of  public instruction with input from stakeholders. Any addi-
 41    tional measures so developed shall be submitted to the legislature as legisla-
 42    tion for approval through the established legislative process.
 43        (10) For the purposes  of  this  section,  "school  district"  also  means
 44    "public  charter  school"  and "board of trustees" also means "board of direc-
 45    tors."
 46        (11) Any adjustments made subsequent to the distributions  called  for  in
 47    this  section  shall be reflected in subsequent payments made pursuant to sec-
 48    tion 33-1009, Idaho Code.

 49        SECTION 4.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall  appoint,  con-
 50    vene  and  provide administrative support for a Teacher Performance Evaluation
 51    Task Force. The task force shall be composed of nine (9) members:
 52        (1)  Three (3) superintendents, principals or public charter school direc-
 53    tors;
 54        (2)  Three (3) members of school district boards  of  trustees  or  public

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  1    charter school boards of directors; and
  2        (3)  Three (3) classroom teachers.
  3    The charge of the task force is to develop minimum standards for a fair, thor-
  4    ough,  consistent  and  efficient system for evaluating teacher performance in
  5    Idaho, and to present its written recommendations to the Governor,  the  Idaho
  6    State  Board  of Education, and the House of Representatives and Senate Educa-
  7    tion standing committees of the Idaho Legislature by no later than January 30,
  8    2009.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                           RS 17943 C1

This legislation provides for a new method of teacher
compensation in Idaho, called the Idaho State Teacher Advancement
and Recognition System, or I-STARS.  This new, multifaceted
system does not replace the existing system, which is limited to
rewarding only a teacher's years of experience and number of
education credits.  Instead, it is built on top of this system. 

As a result, the pay generated by the existing system will no
longer represent the maximum a teacher can make, it will become
the minimum.  The three steps of I-STARS are as follows:

1)  Student Achievement - Annual bonuses ranging from $600 to
$1,200 will be awarded to all of the certified staff at schools
demonstrating growth and/or overall excellence in student
performance.  Three-fourths of these bonuses are based on growth.

2)  Local Control - Local school districts and charter schools
will have the funds and flexibility to attract and retain
instructional staff to teach in hard-to-fill positions, as
identified locally, and

3)  Leadership Awards - Instructional staff will have the
opportunity to advance in their careers and earn an average
annual bonus of $1,200 for taking on leadership duties in their
school or district.


                           FISCAL NOTE

The fiscal impact is $20.55 million for Fiscal Year 2009.  This
includes $50,000 in one-time costs associated with a task force
to develop minimum teacher evaluation standards.





Contact
Name: Senator John Goedde 
Phone: 332-1322
Name: Tom Luna
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Phone: 332-6800    


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                        S 1436   


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