Indiana House Bill 1488 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-20 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Eliminates the advisory board of the division of professional standards of the department of education. Provides that not more than 50% of the teachers in a charter school are not required to be licensed as teachers, or be in the process of obtaining a license (unless the state board of education waives the limitation). Requires the department of education to revoke the license of a licensed school employee if the employee is convicted in another state or under federal statutes of an offense that is comparable to the felonies for which the employee's license would be revoked if committed in Indiana. Establishes an annual staff performance evaluation that categorizes teachers as highly effective, effective, improvement necessary, or ineffective. Specifies that a teacher rated ineffective or improvement necessary may not receive a raise or increment for the following year. Repeals references to the advisory board and the existing staff performance evaluation provisions, and makes corresponding changes to related sections.

Teacher evaluations and licensing.

Rep. Robert Behning [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-20		First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2011-01-20		Authored by Representative Behning

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1488
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN1488.1.html