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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 306
BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN
TEACHERS/EVALUATION: Provides relative to salaries of certain teachers rated
ineffective pursuant to the evaluation process
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:418(B)(2), relative to the salaries of teachers and other school2
employees; to provide relative to the effect of evaluations on salaries; and to provide3
for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 17:418(B)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง418. Salaries; teachers and other school employees7
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B.9
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(2) No teacher or administrator who is rated "ineffective" pursuant to the11
performance evaluation program as provided in R.S. 17:3881 through 3905 shall12
receive a higher salary in the year following the evaluation than he received in the13
year of the evaluation. However, a principal or immediate supervisor of a teacher14
or administrator who was rated "ineffective" based only on the value-added portion15
of his evaluation conducted during the 2012-2013 school year may determine that16
the teacher or administrator is eligible to receive a salary increase for the 2013-201417
school year.18
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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)]
Hoffmann HB No. 306
Abstract: Provides relative to the salaries of certain teachers and school administrators
rated ineffective pursuant to the evaluation process.
Present law provides that salary schedules established for teachers, administrators, and other
certified school personnel shall be based upon certain criteria, with no one criterion
accounting for more than 50% of the formula used to compute such employees salaries.
Further provides that such criteria includes effectiveness, as determined by the performance
evaluation program as provided for in present law.
Present law provides that every teacher and administrator who has been employed by a local
board shall be formally evaluated. Further provides that the elements of evaluation and
standards for effectiveness shall be defined by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
Education.
Present law provides that, with respect to the element of measure of effectiveness, by the
beginning of the 2012-2013 school year, 50% of such evaluations shall be based on evidence
of growth in student achievement using a value-added achievement model as determined by
the board for grade levels and subjects for which value-added data is available.
Present law provides that no teacher who is rated "ineffective" pursuant to present law shall
receive a higher salary in the year following the evaluation than he received in the year of
the evaluation.
Proposed law provides that teachers and administrators who were rated "ineffective" based
only on the value-added portion of the evaluation program conducted during the 2012-2013
school year may be eligible to receive a salary increase, as determined by the principal or
immediate supervisor, for the 2013-2014 school year; otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 17:418(B)(2))