January 25, 2018, Introduced by Senators KNEZEK, GREGORY, BIEDA, HOOD, YOUNG, HOPGOOD, ANANICH, CONYERS, HERTEL, WARREN and JOHNSON and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
by amending section 1250 (MCL 380.1250), as amended by 2016 PA 192.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1250. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a
school district, public school academy, or intermediate school
district shall implement and maintain a method of compensation for
its teachers and school administrators that includes job
performance and job accomplishments as a significant factor in
determining compensation and additional compensation. The
assessment of job performance shall incorporate a rigorous,
transparent, and fair evaluation system that evaluates a teacher's
or school administrator's performance at least in part based upon
data on student growth as measured by assessments and other
objective criteria.
(2) If a collective bargaining agreement is in effect for
teachers or school administrators of a school district, public
school academy, or intermediate school district as of January 4,
2010, and if that collective bargaining agreement prevents
compliance with subsection (1), then subsection (1) does not apply
to that school district, public school academy, or intermediate
school district until after the expiration of that collective
bargaining agreement.
(3) For teachers and school administrators who are hired by a
community district after the accountability system under section
390 has been implemented, the community district shall implement
and maintain a method of compensation that includes job performance
and job accomplishments as the primary factor in determining
compensation and additional compensation. A teacher's or school
administrator's job performance shall be evaluated based on the
teacher's annual evaluation under section 1249 or the school
administrator's annual evaluation under section 1249b, as
applicable. The community district shall also consider achievement
of an advanced degree as a factor in determining compensation and
additional compensation.
(4) For teachers and school administrators who are hired by a
community district after the accountability system under section
390 has been implemented, the community district shall not use
length
of service or achievement of an advanced degree as a factor
in
compensation levels or adjustments in compensation. except
as
follows:
(a)
For a teacher with a secondary level teaching certificate
who
has a subject area endorsement and who teaches in that subject
area,
an advanced degree achieved in that subject area may be
considered
as a factor in the teacher's base compensation.
(b)
For a teacher with an elementary level teaching
certificate
who teaches in an elementary grade, an advanced degree
in
elementary education may be considered as a factor in the
teacher's
base compensation.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.