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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 690
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHAMPAGNE
TEACHERS: Requires, under certain circumstances, local public school boards to notify
parents of students placed in classrooms of teachers determined to be ineffective
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3902(C)(1) and to enact R.S. 17:3884(B)(4), relative to2
teacher evaluations; to require local public school boards, under specified3
circumstances, to notify parents of students taught by teachers determined to be4
ineffective; to provide for exceptions to confidentiality of evaluation results relative5
to such required notification; to require local school boards to adopt policies relative6
to such notification; and to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 17:3902(C)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.9
17:3884(B)(4) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 10
§3884. Evaluation records; response; access11
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B. Copies of the evaluation results and any documentation related thereto of13
any school employee may be retained by the local board, the board, or the department14
and, if retained, are confidential, do not constitute a public record, and shall not be15
released or shown to any person except:16
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(4) As necessary to meet the requirements for notification to parents as18
provided in R.S. 17:3902(C)(1).19 HLS 12RS-480 ORIGINAL
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§3902. Evaluation program; process2
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C.(1)(a) At the conclusion of each year's evaluation, the evaluator or4
evaluators shall determine whether the teacher or administrator is effective or5
ineffective pursuant to the evaluation plan. Such determination shall be transmitted6
to the local board.7
(b) Prior to the start of each school year, the local board shall notify parents8
that their child will be placed in the classroom of an ineffective teacher if both of the9
following apply:10
(i) In the coming year, the student will be placed in the classroom of a teacher11
who was determined to be ineffective at his most recent evaluation.12
(ii) During the previous year, the student was a student in the same school13
district and was placed in the classroom of a teacher determined to be ineffective at14
his most recent evaluation.15
(c) Each local board shall develop and adopt policies for notifying parents as16
provided in this Paragraph. Such policies shall provide options for parents including17
but not limited to requesting that their child be removed from the classroom of an18
ineffective teacher and placed in the classroom of an effective teacher and requesting19
that their child be transferred to a different school in the system all to the extent20
possible.21
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Champagne HB No. 690
Abstract: Requires local public school boards to notify certain parents of students placed
in classrooms of teachers determined to be ineffective and provides for exceptions
to confidentiality of evaluation results relative to such notification requirements. HLS 12RS-480 ORIGINAL
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Present law requires annual evaluations by local public school boards for all teachers and
administrators in accordance with State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
(BESE) rules and regulations. Provides that the elements of evaluation and standards for
effectiveness shall be defined by BESE and further provides that by the 2012-2013 school
year, 50% of each evaluation shall be based on evidence of growth in student achievement
using a value-added assessment model as determined by BESE. Requires BESE to determine
a standard for highly effective teachers. Provides for determinations by evaluators at the end
of each year's evaluation as to whether the teacher/administrator is effective or ineffective and
requires that such determination be transmitted to the local board. Provides that copies of
evaluation results and related documents may be retained by the local board, shall be
confidential, and shall not constitute a public record or be released to any person with certain
specified exceptions.
Proposed law retains present law and requires that prior to the start of each school year, each
local board shall provide written notification to the parent of each student who will be placed
in a classroom of a teacher who has been determined to be ineffective if the student also had
an ineffective teacher in the previous year. Adds to present law exceptions relative to
confidentiality of evaluation results, actions taken by local boards necessary to meet the
parental notification requirement. Further adds requirement that local boards adopt policies
that include certain options for these parents and students.
(Amends R.S. 17:3902(C)(1); Adds R.S. 17:3884(B)(4))