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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 415
BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN
TEACHERS/EVALUATION: Provides for the reconvening of the Educator Evaluation
Advisory Committee to make recommendations relative to the evaluation of teachers
and administrators
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3883(A)(6)(a)(introductory paragraph), (c), and (d), relative2
to the evaluation of teachers and administrators; to require the appointment and3
convening of an advisory committee to make specific recommendations relative to4
such evaluations; to provide a time line for the convening of the committee and for5
the submission of recommendations; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 17:3883(A)(6)(a)(introductory paragraph), (c), and (d) are hereby8
amended and reenacted to read as follows: 9
ยง3883. State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; powers and duties10
A. The board shall:11
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(6)(a) Require the state superintendent of education to appoint and convene13
an Educator Evaluation Advisory Committee to report on and make14
recommendations to the board regarding the overall effectiveness of the evaluation15
program, including but not limited to any recommendations for changes to board16
policy or state law with respect to the development of a value-added assessment17
model as determined by the board pursuant to R.S. 17:3902(B)(5), the identification18
of measures of student growth for grades and subjects for which value-added data19
is are not available and for personnel for whom value-added data is are not available20
as established by the board pursuant to R.S. 17:3902(B)(5), and the adoption of21 HLS 14RS-1223 ORIGINAL
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elements of evaluation and standards of for effectiveness as defined by the board1
pursuant to R.S. 17:3902(B)(introductory paragraph). The membership of the2
advisory committee shall be approved by the board, and at least fifty percent of the3
membership shall be comprised of practicing classroom educators. The advisory4
committee shall include but not be limited to at least two parents of public school5
students and the following groups or organizations as follows:6
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(c) The initial meeting of the committee shall be held not later than8
September 30, 2010 2014.9
(d) The committee shall submit its initial report and recommendations to the10
board and the Senate and House committees on education by not later than April 30,11
2012 sixty days prior to the beginning of the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature12
of Louisiana and shall submit a subsequent report and further recommendations by13
not later than sixty days prior to the beginning of the 2016 Regular Session of the14
Legislature of Louisiana. 15
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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. 415
Abstract: Requires the state superintendent of education to reappoint and reconvene the
Educator Evaluation Advisory Committee to report and make recommendations
relative to the evaluation of teachers and administrators.
Present law requires the annual, formal evaluation of every public school teacher and
administrator through the professional employee evaluation program. Provides for the
appointment and convening by the state superintendent of education of an Educator
Evaluation Advisory Committee to make recommendations to the State Board of Elementary
and Secondary Education (BESE) and the House and Senate education committees by April
30, 2012, relative to certain components of such evaluation program.
Proposed law requires the reappointment and reconvening of this committee, the holding of
its first meeting by Sept. 30, 2014, and its submission of its initial report and
recommendations to BESE and such committees by not later than 60 days prior to the
beginning of the 2015 R.S. Requires a subsequent report and further recommendations by
not later than 60 days prior to the 2016 R.S. HLS 14RS-1223 ORIGINAL
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Present law requires the committee to make recommendations regarding the following:
(1)Development of a value-added assessment model (commonly known as VAM).
(2)Identification of measures of student growth for grades and subjects for which
value-added data are not available and for personnel for which value-added data are
not available.
(3)Adoption of standards of effectiveness.
Proposed law revises the recommendation requirements to require the committee to report
on and make recommendations regarding the overall effectiveness of the evaluation
program, including but not limited to any recommendations for changes to BESE policy or
state law relative to VAM, such growth measures, elements of evaluation, and such
standards for effectiveness.
Present law provides for a committee membership of at least 50% practicing classroom
educators; at least two parents of public school students; two members of each legislative
education committee appointed by the respective chairmen; one member appointed by each
BESE member; and one member appointed by the Assoc. Professional Educators of La., La.
Assoc. of Educators, La. Federation of Teachers, La. Assoc. of School Superintendents, La.
Assoc. of Principals, and La. Assoc. of Public Charter Schools. Provides that members serve
without compensation. Proposed law retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 17:3883(A)(6)(a)(intro. para.), (c), and (d))