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2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 650
BY REPRESENTATIVE PRICE
TEACHERS: Provides relative to measures of effectiveness as a factor in teacher
evaluations and salaries
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 17:418(B)(1) and 3902(B)(introductory paragraph) and (5),
3 relative to teacher performance evaluations; to remove the requirement that salary
4 schedules for teachers, administrators, and other certified employees be based on
5 effectiveness as determined by the teacher evaluation program; to permit city, parish,
6 and other local public school boards to determine the percentage of an evaluation
7 that is based on growth in student achievement using a value-added assessment
8 model; and to provide for related matters.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 17:418(B)(1) and 3902(B)(introductory paragraph) and (5) are
11hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
12 §418. Salaries; teachers and other school employees
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14 B.(1) Salary schedules established for teachers, administrators, and other
15 certified school personnel shall be based upon the following criteria, with no one
16 criterion accounting for more than fifty percent of the formula used to compute such
17 employees' salaries:
18 (a) Effectiveness, as determined by the performance evaluation program as
19 provided in R.S. 17:3881 through 3905.
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1 (b) Demand inclusive of area of certification, particular school need,
2 geographic area, and subject area, which may include advanced degree levels.
3 (c) (b) Experience.
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5 §3902. Evaluation program; process
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7 B. The elements of evaluation and standards for effectiveness shall be
8 defined by the state board pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated for such
9 purpose. Such rules and regulations shall require that, at a minimum, local evaluation
10 plans contain the following elements:
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12 (5) Measure of effectiveness. Fifty percent A portion of such evaluations
13 shall be based on evidence of growth in student achievement using a value-added
14 assessment model as determined by the state board for grade levels and subjects for
15 which value-added data is available. Each local board shall determine the portion
16 for the teachers and administrators employed in its system, which shall be in a range
17 from a minimum of fifteen percent to a maximum of twenty-five percent. For grade
18 levels and subjects for which value-added data is not available and for personnel for
19 whom value-added data is not available, the state board shall establish measures of
20 student growth. The model shall take into account important student factors,
21 including but not limited to special education, eligibility for free or reduced price
22 meals, student attendance, and student discipline. However, neither the value-added
23 model nor the measures of student growth for grade levels and subjects for which
24 value-added data are not available shall, in any given year, include a test score or
25 data of a student who has ten or more unexcused absences in any school semester in
26 that year. The state board shall develop and adopt a policy to invalidate such student
27 growth data for any teacher for any school year in which there is a natural disaster
28 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 650 Original 2016 Regular Session Price
Abstract: Deletes the requirement that salary schedules for teachers, administrators, and
other certified employees be based on effectiveness as determined by the teacher
performance evaluation program; to permit local public school boards to determine
the portion of an evaluation that is based on growth in student achievement using a
value-added assessment model.
Present law provides relative to salary schedules for public school teachers and other public
school employees. Requires that such schedules for teachers, administrators, and other
certified school employees shall be based on effectiveness as determined by the teacher
performance evaluation program; demand, inclusive of area of certification, particular school
need, geographic area, and subject area, which may include advanced degree levels; and
experience. Provides that such salaries shall be considered as full compensation for all work
required within each employee's prescribed scope of duties and responsibilities. Prohibits
any teacher or administrator rated as "ineffective" pursuant to present law performance
evaluation program from receiving a higher salary in the year following the evaluation than
he received in the year of the evaluation. Prohibits salary reductions, with certain exceptions.
Proposed law deletes the requirement that salary schedules for teachers, administrators, and
other certified employees be based on effectiveness as determined by the teacher
performance evaluation program. Otherwise retains present law.
Present law relative to the teacher evaluation program, requires city, parish, and other local
public school boards to use a value-added assessment model as determined by the State Bd.
of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) for evaluating teachers and administrators.
Requires that 50% of such evaluations shall be based on evidence of growth in student
achievement using the model for grade levels and subjects for which value-added data is
available. For grade levels and subjects for which value-added data is not available and for
personnel for whom value-added data is not available, provides that BESE shall establish
measures of student growth. Further requires that the model shall take into account
important student factors, including but not limited to special education, eligibility for free
or reduced price meals, student attendance, and student discipline. Prohibits the value-added
model and the measures of student growth for grade levels and subjects for which value-
added data are not available from including a test score or data of a student who has 10 or
more unexcused absences in any school semester in that year. Provides that BESE shall
adopt a policy to invalidate such student growth data for any teacher for any school year in
which there is a natural disaster or any other unexpected event that results in the temporary
closure of the school. Proposed law retains present law but deletes the 50% requirement and
instead permits each local board to determine the portion for the teachers and administrators
employed in its system, which shall be in a range from a minimum of 15% to a maximum
of 25%.
(Amends R.S. 17:418(B)(1) and 3902(B)(intro. para.) and (5))
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