Bill Text: NY S07792 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7792 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides for the public disclosure of the final quality ratings and composite effectiveness scores of teachers and building principals.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-06-25 - SIGNED CHAP.68 [S07792 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07792-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 18, 2012
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       Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of the Governor) -- read
         twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
         Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  requiring  public
         disclosure  of  the results of annual professional performance reviews
         of teachers and principals
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Section 3012-c of the education law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
    3    10. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
    4  SHALL FULLY DISCLOSE AND RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC AND  THE  DEPARTMENT  THE
    5  FINAL QUALITY RATINGS AND COMPOSITE EFFECTIVENESS SCORES FROM THE ANNUAL
    6  PROFESSIONAL  PERFORMANCE  REVIEWS  OF  ITS  TEACHERS  AND PRINCIPALS AS
    7  PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
    8    A. THE COMMISSIONER  SHALL  FULLY  DISCLOSE  PROFESSIONAL  PERFORMANCE
    9  REVIEW  DATA  FOR  TEACHERS  AND  PRINCIPALS IN EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
   10  BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ON THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE  AND
   11  IN  ANY  OTHER  MANNER TO MAKE SUCH DATA WIDELY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
   12  SUCH DATA SHALL BE SUITABLE FOR RESEARCH,  ANALYSIS  AND  COMPARISON  OF
   13  PROFESSIONAL  PERFORMANCE  REVIEW DATA FOR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS. SUCH
   14  PUBLIC DISCLOSURE SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FINAL  QUALITY
   15  RATINGS  AND COMPOSITE EFFECTIVENESS SCORES BY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR PRIN-
   16  CIPAL EVALUATION DATA, BY SCHOOL BUILDING FOR  TEACHER  EVALUATION  DATA
   17  AND,  WITHIN  EACH  DISTRICT  AND SCHOOL BUILDING, BY CLASS, SUBJECT AND
   18  GRADE; FINAL QUALITY  RATINGS  AND  COMPOSITE  EFFECTIVENESS  SCORES  BY
   19  REGION,  DISTRICT  WEALTH,  DISTRICT  NEED CATEGORY, STUDENT ENROLLMENT,
   20  TYPE OF SCHOOL (I.E.  ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL), STUDENT  NEED
   21  (E.G.,  POVERTY LEVEL), AND DISTRICT SPENDING; FINAL QUALITY RATINGS AND
   22  COMPOSITE EFFECTIVENESS SCORES BY THE PERCENTAGE OR NUMBER  OF  TEACHERS
   23  AND PRINCIPALS IN EACH FINAL QUALITY RATING CATEGORY, MOVING TO A HIGHER
   24  RATING CATEGORY THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, MOVING TO A LOWER RATING CATEGO-
   25  RY  THAN  THE  PREVIOUS  YEAR, AND RETAINED IN EACH RATING CATEGORY; AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD12167-01-2
       S. 7792                             2
    1  DATA ON TENURE GRANTING AND DENIAL BASED ON  THE  FINAL  QUALITY  RATING
    2  CATEGORIES.
    3    B.  EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
    4  SHALL FULLY DISCLOSE AND RELEASE TO THE PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS OF A
    5  STUDENT THE FINAL QUALITY RATING AND COMPOSITE EFFECTIVENESS  SCORE  FOR
    6  EACH  OF  THE  TEACHERS  AND FOR THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING TO
    7  WHICH THE STUDENT IS ASSIGNED FOR  THE  CURRENT  SCHOOL  YEAR  UPON  THE
    8  REQUEST  OF SUCH PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS. THE GOVERNING BODY OF EACH
    9  SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  SHALL
   10  PROVIDE  CONSPICUOUS  NOTICE TO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS OF THE RIGHT
   11  TO OBTAIN SUCH INFORMATION. PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS MAY  REVIEW  AND
   12  RECEIVE  SUCH DATA IN ANY MANNER, INCLUDING BY PHONE OR IN PERSON; SHALL
   13  RECEIVE AN ORAL OR WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF  THE  COMPOSITE  EFFECTIVENESS
   14  SCORING  RANGES  FOR FINAL QUALITY RATINGS; AND BE OFFERED OPPORTUNITIES
   15  TO UNDERSTAND SUCH SCORES IN  THE  CONTEXT  OF  TEACHER  EVALUATION  AND
   16  STUDENT  PERFORMANCE.    REASONABLE EFFORTS SHALL BE MADE TO VERIFY THAT
   17  ANY SUCH REQUEST IS A BONA FIDE REQUEST BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN ENTITLED
   18  TO REVIEW AND RECEIVE SUCH DATA PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   19    C. THE DEPARTMENT AND EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE
   20  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  ANY RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC OF
   21  ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW DATA, OR ANY OTHER DATA  THAT  IS
   22  USED AS A COMPONENT OF ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS, DOES NOT
   23  INCLUDE PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FOR ANY TEACHER OR PRINCIPAL,
   24  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  NOTHING SHALL IMPAIR THE RIGHT OF PARENTS AND
   25  LEGAL GUARDIANS TO REVIEW AND  RECEIVE  THE  FINAL  QUALITY  RATING  AND
   26  COMPOSITE  EFFECTIVENESS  SCORE OF INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AS
   27  PROVIDED  IN  PARAGRAPH  B  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  ANNUAL  PROFESSIONAL
   28  PERFORMANCE  REVIEWS  OF INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS SHALL NOT BE
   29  SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX  OF  THE  PUBLIC  OFFICERS
   30  LAW.
   31    D.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM
   32  COLLECTING SUCH DATA AND MATERIALS FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND  BOARDS  OF
   33  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS IS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT ITS FUNC-
   34  TIONS AND DUTIES, INCLUDING ITS RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO THE  FEDERAL
   35  RACE TO THE TOP PROGRAM.
   36    S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.