HLS 16RS-916 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 479
BY REPRESENTATIVE IVEY
TEACHERS/EVALUATION: Provides relative to the evaluation of teachers and
administrators
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3902(B)(5), relative to the evaluation of teachers and
3 administrators; to reduce the percentage of an evaluation that is based on growth in
4 student achievement using a value-added assessment model; to set specific
5 parameters within which a board may determine this percentage for teachers and
6 administrators at certain schools; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 17:3902(B)(5) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง3902. Evaluation program; process
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11 B. The elements of evaluation and standards for effectiveness shall be
12 defined by the board pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated for such purpose.
13 Such rules and regulations shall require that, at a minimum, local evaluation plans
14 contain the following elements:
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16 (5) Measure of effectiveness. Fifty percent (a) A percentage of such
17 evaluations shall be based on evidence of growth in student achievement using a
18 value-added assessment model as determined by the state board for grade levels and
19 subjects for which value-added data is available. The percentage shall be based on
20 the letter grade the school has been assigned pursuant to the school and district
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1 accountability system. At a "D" or "F" school, the percentage shall be thirty-five
2 percent. The local board may determine the percentage within a specified range at
3 an "A", "B", or "C" school. At an "A" or "B" school, the minimum percentage shall
4 be fifteen percent and the maximum percentage shall be thirty-five percent. At a "C"
5 school, the minimum percentage shall be twenty-five percent and the maximum
6 percentage shall be thirty-five percent.
7 (b) For grade levels and subjects for which value-added data is not available
8 and for personnel for whom value-added data is not available, the state board shall
9 establish measures of student growth. The model shall take into account important
10 student factors, including but not limited to special education, eligibility for free or
11 reduced price meals, student attendance, and student discipline.
12 (c) However, neither the value-added model nor the measures of student
13 growth for grade levels and subjects for which value-added data are not available
14 shall, in any given year, include a test score or data of a student who has ten or more
15 unexcused absences in any school semester in that year.
16 (d) The state board shall develop and adopt a policy to invalidate such student
17 growth data for any teacher for any school year in which there is a natural disaster
18 or any other unexpected event that results in the temporary closure of the school.
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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)]
HB 479 Original 2016 Regular Session Ivey
Abstract: Relative to the evaluation of teachers and administrators, reduces percentage of
which an evaluation shall be based on growth in student achievement to a maximum
of 35% and grants local school boards discretion, within specified parameters, in
determining this percentage at "A", "B", and "C" schools.
Present law requires annual evaluations by local public school boards of all teachers and
administrators in accordance with State Bd. of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)
rules and regulations. Provides that the elements of evaluation and standards for
effectiveness shall be defined by BESE. Proposed law retains present law.
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Present law requires that 50% of each evaluation be based on evidence of growth in student
achievement using a value-added assessment model as determined by BESE (commonly
known as "VAM"). Proposed law reduces this percentage for certain schools and grants the
local school board discretion in determining this percentage within specified parameters for
others, according to the school's letter grade pursuant to the school and district accountability
system. For "D" and "F" schools, lowers this percentage from 50% to 35%. For "C"
schools, grants the school board discretion within a 25-35% range, and for "A" and "B"
schools, grants the school board discretion within a 15-35% range.
Present law requires that at the conclusion of the evaluation the evaluator shall determine
if the teacher or administrator is effective or ineffective. Requires BESE annually to report
to the House and Senate education committees regarding the implementation, results, and
effectiveness of the value-added assessment model. Proposed law retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 17:3902(B)(5))
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