Bill Text: MI SB0200 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education: employees; school administrator performance evaluations for the 2020-2021 school year; modify student growth data as factor. Amends sec. 1249b of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1249b).
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred To Committee On Education And Career Readiness [SB0200 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SB0200-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 200
March 04, 2021, Introduced by Senators GEISS,
POLEHANKI, BRINKS, IRWIN, WOJNO, BAYER, HERTEL, CHANG, ANANICH, ALEXANDER,
BULLOCK, MOSS and HOLLIER and referred to the Committee on Education and
Career Readiness.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1249b (MCL 380.1249b), as amended by 2019 PA 5.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 1249b. (1) The Except
as otherwise provided under this section, the board of a school
district or intermediate school district or board of directors of a public
school academy shall ensure that the performance evaluation system for
building-level school administrators and for central-office-level school
administrators who are regularly involved in instructional matters meets all of
the following:
(a) The performance evaluation system must include at least
an annual evaluation for all school administrators described in this subsection
by the school district superintendent or his or her designee, intermediate
superintendent or his or her designee, or chief administrator of the public
school academy, as applicable. However, a superintendent or chief administrator
shall must
be evaluated by the board or board of directors or, if the
superintendent or chief administrator is not employed directly by the board or
board of directors, by the designee of the board or board of directors.
(b) For the 2018-2019 school
year, 25% of the annual evaluation must be based on student growth and
assessment data. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, 40% Except as otherwise provided under this subdivision, 40% of
the annual evaluation must be based on student growth and assessment data. For the 2020-2021 school year, the annual evaluation must not be
based on student growth and assessment data. The student growth
and assessment data to be used for the school administrator annual evaluation
are the aggregate student growth and assessment data that are used in teacher
annual year-end evaluations in each school in which the school administrator
works as an administrator or, for a central-office-level school administrator,
for the entire school district or intermediate school district.
(c) For the purposes of conducting annual evaluations under
the performance evaluation system, the school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy shall develop or adopt and implement an
evaluation tool for school administrators. The portion of a school
administrator's annual evaluation that is not based on student growth must be
based primarily on the school administrator's performance as measured by this
evaluation tool.
(d) The portion of the annual evaluation that is not based on
student growth and assessment data as provided under subdivision (b) or on an
evaluation tool as provided under subdivision (c) must be based on at least the
following for each school in which the school administrator works as an
administrator or, for a central-office-level school administrator, for the
entire school district or intermediate school district:
(i) If the school
administrator conducts teacher performance evaluations, the school
administrator's proficiency in using the evaluation tool for teachers used by
the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy
under section 1249. If the school administrator designates another person to
conduct teacher performance evaluations, the evaluation of the school
administrator on this factor must be based on the designee's proficiency in
using the evaluation tool for teachers used by the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy under section 1249, with
the designee's performance to be counted as if it were the school administrator
personally conducting the teacher performance evaluations.
(ii) The progress made by the school or school district in
meeting the goals set forth in the school's school improvement plan or the
school district's school improvement plans.
(iii) Pupil attendance in the school or school district.
(iv) Student, parent, and teacher feedback, as available, and
other information considered pertinent by the superintendent or other school
administrator conducting the performance evaluation or the board or board of
directors.
(e) For the purposes of
conducting annual evaluations under the performance evaluation system, by the
beginning of the 2016-2017 school year, the school district, intermediate
school district, or public school academy shall adopt and implement 1 or more
of the evaluation tools for school administrators that are included on the list
under subsection (3). However, if a school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy has 1 or more local evaluation tools for
school administrators or modifications of an evaluation tool on the list under
subsection (3), and the school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy complies with subsection (2), the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy may conduct annual
year-end evaluations for school administrators using 1 or more local evaluation
tools or modifications.
(f) The evaluation tool
and other measures used by the school district, intermediate school district,
or public school academy in its performance evaluation system for school
administrators must be used consistently across the schools operated by a
school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy so that
all similarly situated school administrators are evaluated using the same
measures.
(g) The performance
evaluation system must assign an effectiveness rating to each school
administrator described in this subsection of highly effective, effective,
minimally effective, or ineffective.
(h) The performance
evaluation system must ensure that if a school administrator described in this
subsection is rated as minimally effective or ineffective, the person or
persons conducting the evaluation shall develop and require the school
administrator to implement an improvement plan to correct the deficiencies. The
improvement plan must recommend professional development opportunities and
other actions designed to improve the rating of the school administrator on his
or her next annual evaluation.
(i) The performance
evaluation system must provide that, if a school administrator described in
this subsection is rated as ineffective on 3 consecutive annual evaluations,
the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy
shall dismiss the school administrator from his or her employment. This
subdivision does not affect the ability of a school district, intermediate
school district, or public school academy to dismiss a school administrator
from his or her employment regardless of whether the school administrator is
rated as ineffective on 3 consecutive annual evaluations.
(j) The performance
evaluation system must provide that, if a school administrator is rated as
highly effective on 3 consecutive annual evaluations, the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy may choose to conduct an
evaluation biennially instead of annually. However, if a school administrator
is not rated as highly effective on 1 of these biennial evaluations, the school
administrator shall again be provided with annual evaluations.
(k) The school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy shall provide training
to school administrators on the measures used by the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy in its performance
evaluation system for school administrators and on how each of the measures is
used. This training may be provided by a school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy, or by a consortium consisting of 2 or more
of these.
(l) A school district, intermediate school district, or public
school academy shall ensure that training is provided to all evaluators and
observers. The training must be provided by an individual who has expertise in
the evaluation tool or tools used by the school district, intermediate school
district, or public school academy, which may include either a consultant on
that evaluation tool or framework or an individual who has been trained to
train others in the use of the evaluation tool or tools. This subdivision does
not prohibit a school district, intermediate school district, public school
academy, or consortium consisting of 2 or more of these, from providing the
training in the use of the evaluation tool or tools if the trainer has
expertise in the evaluation tool or tools.
(2) A school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy shall post on its public
website all of the following information about the measures it uses for its
performance evaluation system for school administrators:
(a) The research base
for the evaluation framework, instrument, and process or, if the school
district, intermediate school district, or public school academy adapts or
modifies an evaluation tool from the list under subsection (3), the research
base for the listed evaluation tool and an assurance that the adaptations or
modifications do not compromise the validity of that research base.
(b) The identity and
qualifications of the author or authors or, if the school district,
intermediate school district, or public school academy adapts or modifies an
evaluation tool from the list under subsection (3), the identity and
qualifications of a person with expertise in teacher evaluations who has
reviewed the adapted or modified evaluation tool.
(c) Either evidence of
reliability, validity, and efficacy or a plan for developing that evidence or,
if the school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy
adapts or modifies an evaluation tool from the list under subsection (3), an
assurance that the adaptations or modifications do not compromise the
reliability, validity, or efficacy of the evaluation tool or the evaluation
process.
(d) The evaluation
frameworks and rubrics, with detailed descriptors for each performance level on
key summative indicators.
(e) A description of the
processes for collecting evidence, conducting evaluation conferences,
developing performance ratings, and developing performance improvement plans.
(f) A description of the
plan for providing evaluators and observers with training.
(3) The department shall
establish and maintain a list of school administrator evaluation tools that
have demonstrated evidence of efficacy and that may be used for the purposes of
this section. That list initially must include at least the 2 evaluation models
recommended in the final recommendations released by the Michigan council on
educator effectiveness in July 2013. The list must include a statement
indicating that school districts, intermediate school districts, and public
school academies are not limited to only using the evaluation tools that are
included on the list. A school district, intermediate school district, or
public school academy is not required to use an evaluation tool for school
administrator evaluations that is the same as it uses for teacher evaluations
or that has the same author or authors as the evaluation tool it uses for
teacher evaluations. The department shall promulgate rules establishing
standards and procedures for adding an evaluation tool to or removing an
evaluation tool from the list. These rules must include a process for a school
district, intermediate school district, or public school academy to submit its
own evaluation tool for review for placement on the list.
(4) The training required under subsection (1) must be paid
for from the funds available in the educator evaluation reserve fund created
under section 95a of the state school aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1695a.
