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ACT No. 240
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 415
BY REPRESENTATIVE HOFFMANN
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3883(A)(6), relative to the evaluation of teachers and2
administrators; to require the appointment and convening of an advisory3
subcommittee to make specific recommendations relative to such evaluations; to4
provide a time line for the convening of the subcommittee and for the submission5
of recommendations; to provide relative to the membership of the subcommittee; and6
to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 17:3883(A)(6) is hereby 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 Accountability Commission14
established by the board to convene an advisory subcommittee of the commission to15
report on and make recommendations to the board regarding the overall effectiveness16
of the evaluation program, including but not limited to any recommendations for17
changes to board policy or state law with respect to the development of a value-18
added assessment model as determined by the board pursuant to R.S. 17:3902(B)(5),19
the identification of measures of student growth for grades and subjects for which20
value-added data is are not available and for personnel for whom value-added data21
is are not available as established by the board pursuant to R.S. 17:3902(B)(5), and22
the adoption of elements of evaluation and standards of for effectiveness as defined23
by the board pursuant to R.S. 17:3902(B)(introductory paragraph). The membership24 ENROLLEDHB NO. 415
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of the advisory committee shall be approved by the board, and at least fifty percent1
of the membership shall be comprised of practicing classroom educators. The2
advisory committee shall include but not be limited to at least two parents of public3
school students and the following groups or organizations as follows: The4
subcommittee shall have the following members:5
(i) One member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Associated6
Professional Educators speaker of Louisiana the House of Representatives.7
(ii) One member of the Senate appointed by the Louisiana Association8
president of Educators the Senate.9
(iii) One member appointed by the Louisiana Federation of Teachers. At10
least six members who are public school teachers. The speaker of the House of11
Representatives and the president of the Senate shall each appoint three teachers and12
shall collaborate in making their appointments to ensure that the following13
requirements are met:14
(aa) Two of the teachers shall teach students in grades three, four, or five;15
two shall teach students in grades six, seven, or eight; and two shall teach students16
in grades nine, ten, eleven, or twelve.17
(bb) All of the teachers shall teach subjects for which value-added data are18
available.19
(cc) One teacher shall be appointed from each congressional district of the20
state.21
(iv) One member appointed by the Louisiana Association of School22
Superintendents. Each member of the Accountability Commission.23
(v) One member appointed by the Louisiana Association of Principals.24
(vi) One member appointed by the Louisiana Association of Public Charter25
Schools.26
(vii) Two members of the Senate Committee on Education, appointed by the27
chairman thereof.28
(viii) Two members of the House Committee on Education, appointed by the29
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(ix) One member appointed by each member of the State Board of1
Elementary and Secondary Education.2
(b) The members of the committee subcommittee shall serve without3
compensation.4
(c) The initial meeting of the committee subcommittee shall be held not later5
than September 30, 2010 2014.6
(d) The committee subcommittee shall submit its initial report and7
recommendations to the board and the Senate and House committees on education8
by not later than April 30, 2012 sixty days prior to the beginning of the 2015 Regular9
Session of the Legislature of Louisiana and shall submit a subsequent report and10
further recommendations by not later than sixty days prior to the beginning of the11
2016 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana. 12
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: