Bill Text: MI SB0260 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education: teachers; rating categories related to teacher performance evaluations; modify to reflect changes in the revised school code. Amends secs. 2a & 3b, art. II; & sec. 3 of art. III of 1937 (Ex Sess) PA 4 (MCL 38.82a et seq.). TIE BAR WITH: SB 0263'21, SB 0267'21, SB 0268'21, SB 0264'21, SB 0057'21, SB 0266'21, SB 0056'21, SB 0262'21, SB 0261'21, SB 0265'21
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred To Committee On Education And Career Readiness [SB0260 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-SB0260-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 260
A bill to amend 1937 (Ex Sess) PA 4, entitled
"An act relative to continuing tenure of office of certificated teachers in public educational institutions; to provide for probationary periods; to regulate discharges or demotions; to provide for resignations and leaves of absence; to create a state tenure commission and to prescribe the powers and duties thereof; and to prescribe penalties for violation of the provisions of this act,"
by amending sections 2a and 3b of article II and section 3 of article III (MCL 38.82a, 38.93, and 38.83b), sections 2a and 3b of article II as added and section 3 of article III as amended by 2011 PA 101.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 2a. A Before the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 1249c to the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249c, a probationary teacher who is rated as effective or highly effective on his or her most recent annual year-end performance evaluation under section 1249 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249, is not subject to being displaced by a teacher on continuing tenure solely because the other teacher has continuing tenure. Subject to section 1249c of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249c, on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 1249c to the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249c, a probationary teacher who is rated as effective on his or her most recent annual year-end performance evaluation under section 1249 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249, is not subject to being displaced by a teacher on continuing tenure solely because the other teacher has continuing tenure.
Sec. 3b. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), before the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 1249c to the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249c, a teacher shall is not be considered to have successfully completed the probationary period unless the teacher has been rated as effective or highly effective on his or her 3 most recent annual year-end performance evaluations under section 1249 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249, and has completed at least 5 full school years of employment in a probationary period. Subject to section 1249c of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249c, on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 1249c to the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249c, a teacher is not considered to have successfully completed the probationary period unless the teacher has been rated as effective on his or her 3 most recent annual year-end performance evaluations under section 1249 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249, and has completed at least 5 full school years of employment in a probationary period.
(2) If Before the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 1249c to the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249c, if a teacher has been rated as highly effective on 3 consecutive annual year-end performance evaluations under section 1249 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249, and has completed at least 4 full school years of employment in a probationary period, the teacher shall be is considered to have successfully completed the probationary period. Subject to section 1249c of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249c, on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 1249c to the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249c, if a teacher has been rated as effective on 3 consecutive annual year-end performance evaluations under section 1249 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249, and has completed at least 4 full school years of employment in a probationary period, the teacher is considered to have successfully completed the probationary period.
Sec. 3. The controlling board of the school district employing a teacher on continuing tenure shall ensure that the teacher is provided with an annual year-end performance evaluation in accordance with section 1249 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249. If Before the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 1249c to the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249c, if the teacher has received a rating of ineffective or minimally effective on an annual year-end performance evaluation, the school district shall provide the teacher with an individualized development plan developed by appropriate administrative personnel in consultation with the individual teacher. Subject to section 1249c of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249c, on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added section 1249c to the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249c, if the teacher has received a rating of ineffective or emerging on an annual year-end performance evaluation, the school district shall provide the teacher with an individualized development plan developed by appropriate administrative personnel in consultation with the individual teacher. The individualized development plan shall must require the teacher to make progress toward individual development goals within a specified time period, not to exceed 180 days. The annual year-end performance evaluation shall must be based on multiple classroom observations conducted during the period covered by the evaluation and shall must include, in addition to the factors required under section 1249 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1249, at least an assessment of the teacher's progress in meeting the goals of his or her individualized development plan. The controlling board shall determine the format and number of the classroom observations in consultation with teachers and school administrators.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 101st Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 56.
(b) Senate Bill No. 57.
(c) Senate Bill No. 267.
(d) Senate Bill No. 268.
(e) Senate Bill No. 261.
(f) Senate Bill No. 262.
(g) Senate Bill No. 263.
(h) Senate Bill No. 264.
(i) Senate Bill No. 266.
(j) Senate Bill No. 265.
