Bill Text: MO HB1534 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Changes the laws regarding teacher tenure and compensation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - Referred: Elementary and Secondary Education(H) [HB1534 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2014-HB1534-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SPENCER.
4750L.01I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal sections 163.172, 168.106, 168.108, and 168.110, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof ten new sections relating to conditions of teacher employment.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 163.172, 168.106, 168.108, and 168.110, RSMo, are repealed and ten new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 163.172, 168.106, 168.108, 168.110, 168.111, 168.755, 168.757, 168.759, 168.761, and 168.763, to read as follows:
163.172. 1. In school year [1994-95 and thereafter until school year 2006-07, the minimum teacher's salary shall be eighteen thousand dollars. Beginning in school year 2006-07, the minimum teacher's salary shall be twenty-two thousand dollars; in school year 2007-08, the minimum teacher's salary shall be twenty-three thousand dollars; in school year 2008-09, the minimum teacher's salary shall be twenty-four thousand dollars; in school year] 2009-10 [and thereafter] until school year 2015-16, the minimum teacher's salary shall be twenty-five thousand dollars. Beginning in school year 2016-17, the minimum teacher's salary shall be twenty-eight thousand dollars.
2. Beginning in the school year [1996-97 until school year 2006-07, for any full-time teacher with a master's degree and at least ten years' teaching experience in a public school or combination of public schools, the minimum salary shall be twenty-four thousand dollars. Beginning in the school year 2006-07, for any full-time teacher with a master's degree in an academic teaching field and at least ten years' teaching experience in a public school or combination of public schools, the minimum salary shall be thirty thousand dollars; in the 2007-08 school year such minimum salary shall be thirty-one thousand dollars; in the 2008-09 school year such minimum salary shall be thirty-two thousand dollars; and in the] 2009-10 [school year such] and thereafter, the minimum salary for any full-time teacher with a master's degree and at least ten years of teaching experience shall be thirty-three thousand dollars.
[2. Beginning with the budget requests for fiscal year 1991,] 3. Each fiscal year the commissioner of education shall present to the appropriate committees of the general assembly information on the average Missouri teacher's salary, regional average salary data, and national average salary data.
[3.] 4. All school salary information shall be public information.
[4.] 5. As used in this section, the term "salary" shall be defined as the salary figure which appears on the teacher's contract and as determined by the local school district's basic salary schedule [and does not include supplements for extra duties].
[5.] 6. The minimum salary for any fully certificated teacher employed on a less than full-time basis by a school district, state school for the severely handicapped, the Missouri School for the Deaf, or the Missouri School for the Blind shall be prorated [to reflect the amounts provided in subsection 1 of this section].
168.106. The contract between a school district and a permanent teacher shall be known as an indefinite contract and shall continue in effect for an indefinite period, subject only to:
(1) Compulsory or optional retirement when the teacher reaches the age of retirement provided by law, or regulation established by the local board of education;
(2) Modification by a succeeding indefinite contract or contracts in the manner hereinafter provided;
(3) The death of the teacher;
(4) Resignation of the teacher with the written consent of the school board;
(5) Termination by the board of education after a hearing as hereinafter provided; [and] (6) The revocation of the teacher's certificate; and
(7) Suspension for not attaining at least sixty percent of the maximum salary as calculated under section 168.757 until reestablished as provided in section 168.111.
168.108. 1. Every indefinite contract shall contain the following provisions in substantially the following form:
"It is hereby agreed by and between ......., the teacher, and the Board of Education of ........ School District, the employer, that the teacher, beginning on the .... day of ..........., 20..., shall serve in the employ of the Board of Education and its successors for a term of ........ months (the number of school months of the school year in the school district) for an annual compensation of $ ....., to be paid to the teacher in equal installments according to local school board regulations less the contributions required by law."
["It is further agreed by the parties hereto that this contract shall continue in force from year to year, until modified or terminated in accordance with the provisions of sections 168.102 to 168.130, RSMo, and any amendments thereto prior to the date of this contract."]
2. Every indefinite contract shall be made by the order of the board of education, shall be in writing and shall be signed by the permanent teacher and the president of the board of education, or a facsimile signature of the president may be affixed at his direction, and the contract shall be attested by the secretary of the board of education by signature or facsimile.
168.110. The board of education of a school district may modify an indefinite contract annually on or before the fifteenth day of May in the following particulars:
(1) Determination of the date of beginning and length of the next school year;
(2) Fixing the amount of [annual] compensation for the following school year as provided by the [salary schedule adopted by the board of education applicable to all teachers] calculation under section 168.757. The modifications shall be effective at the beginning of the next school year. All teachers affected by the modification shall be furnished written copies of the modifications within thirty days after their adoption by the board of education.
168.111. In order to regain tenure, the school district shall require a teacher whose tenure is suspended under subdivision (7) of section 168.106 to achieve two consecutive school years with a salary calculation of sixty percent or higher.
168.755. For purposes of sections 168.755 to 168.763, the following terms mean:
(1) "Base salary", the salary of a teacher after the salary calculation is performed;
(2) "Compensation committee", a school district committee composed of five members where possible, where two members are teachers, two members are principals or other administrators, and one school board member; where the size of the district prevents a five-member committee, the committee shall be composed of one teacher, one administrator, and one school board member. The compensation committee shall decide any question referred to it by a teacher or administrator relating to the correctness of the salary computation under section 168.757;
(3) "Continuing or extended education", no fewer than thirty clock hours of post-baccalaureate level instruction in credit-bearing courses or professional development that is either district in-service or other continuing education sessions in other venues that are approved by the school district;
(4) "District minimum pay for a starting teacher", the salary set by each school district for a teacher certified under this chapter for a first-year bachelor's degree teaching contract, set at any level at or above the level specified in section 163.172;
(5) "Extra duty", additional services provided outside the scope of a standard teacher contract for the following purposes:
(a) Academics, which includes but is not limited to coaching students for improved performance, enhanced education,
or enriched educational opportunities; advising career and technical education and academic honor student organizations, such as but not limited to NLT, DECA, FFA, and NHS; chairing a department, grade, or professional learning community; and any district-defined academic duty;
(b) Activities, which includes but is not limited to, sponsor or advisor for a district-approved extracurricular activity that is not subject to high school activity association rules, such as, but not limited to student council, class sponsor, and other student clubs;
(c) Sports, which includes but is not limited to a district-approved interscholastic activity subject to high school activity association rules;
(6) "Major sport", an interscholastic competitive sport as defined by the district in policy as requiring more of a district's resources in comparison to a minor sport;
(7) "Maximum salary", the highest salary on a school district's teacher salary schedule that a district will pay at one hundred percent after salary calculation;
(8) "Perfect attendance", the presence of a teacher in the classroom or place of instruction for one hundred percent of class hours scheduled and completed and one hundred percent of all release day hours;
(9) "Salary calculation", the percentage derived as a result of the total of points under section 168.757 which is then applied to the maximum salary;
(10) "Self-evaluation", a peer review undertaken by three to five colleagues selected by a teacher from the teacher's department or educational scope, or professional learning community, as defined by the district, as further described in section 168.763;
(11) "Specialized teaching", teaching that:
(a) Requires specialized training or is intended for specific student populations, such as but not limited to, special education, speech pathology, advanced placement, college preparatory, honors, a certificate of clinical confidence, national board certification, Project Lead the Way, as determined by the district in policy; or
(b) Is in a subject area designated by the state board of education as a teacher shortage area or in a subject area or school designated annually by the district as hard to recruit for;
(12) "State minimum salary", the minimum bachelor's degree salary set in section 163.172;
(13) "Years of service", a complete school year of service in an accredited school district, on the basis of one percent for one year. A complete school year of service in another accredited district shall count as a year of service.
168.757. 1. Each school year, no later than school year 2016-17, the district shall perform a salary calculation as specified in subsection 2 of this section for each teacher. The salary calculation shall constitute a percentage by which the maximum salary is multiplied, and the resulting figure shall constitute the base salary of the teacher's contract for the upcoming school year.
2. The salary calculation consists of the following elements and maximum percentages, except as specified in subdivision (8) of this subsection:
(1) Level of education:
(a) Bachelor's degree plus fifteen hours of academic credit towards a master's degree or certificate program: five percent;
(b) Master's degree: ten percent;
(c) Master's degree plus thirty hours of academic credit towards a doctorate or certificate program: fifteen percent;
(d) Doctorate: twenty percent;
(2) Service:
(a) Years of service: twenty-five percent;
(b) Perfect attendance: three percent;
(3) Principal evaluation: twenty percent;
(4) Self-evaluation: five percent;
(5) Test results: ten percent, with additional percentage as specified in subsection three of this section, if applicable;
(6) Specialized teaching: five percent;
(7) Continuing or extended education: five percent;
(8) Extra duties: ten percent. The following may be combined in any number or combination of duties, not to exceed a total of ten percent:
(a) Academic: two percent;
(b) Activities: one percent;
(c) Sports: five percent:
a. Head of a major sport: five percent;
b. Head of a minor sport or assistant head of a major sport: four percent;
c. Assistant head of a minor sport: three percent.
3. Additional compensation under section 168.761 shall be awarded as follows:
(1) If a teacher's class average score on any assessment approved by the district attributable to the teacher shows at least fifty percent of the students made at least a thirty-three percent increase in growth, an additional three percent shall be added to the salary calculation;
(2) If a teacher's class average score on any assessment approved by the district attributable to the teacher shows at least seventy-five percent of the students made at least a thirty-three percent increase in growth, an additional five percent shall be added to the salary calculation.
4. The district shall include an acceptance statement for each salary calculation that states that the teacher by signing the statement agrees that the calculation is correct. If the teacher contests the correctness of the calculation, the district shall refer the matter to the compensation committee for resolution. Pending resolution of the matter referred, the district shall offer and a teacher may sign a short-term contract pending resolution of the matter.
168.759. 1. The school district's criteria for evaluation shall be available before the school year in which they are to be used.
2. Each teacher who has not achieved tenure shall be evaluated three times a school year, with a minimum of five calendar weeks between evaluations.
3. Each teacher with tenure shall be evaluated two times a school year, with a minimum of five calendar weeks between evaluations.
4. At least once a year, as part of the evaluation required under subsections 2 and 3 of this section, a teacher shall be evaluated unannounced for at least thirty minutes. An instance of interaction and observation of less than thirty minutes does not count as an evaluation. Multiple instances of less than thirty minutes shall not be cumulated to reach thirty minutes.
168.761. The district shall create and adopt a system of performance-based compensation that includes the results of end-of-course assessments, state assessment program assessments, where applicable, and district-level summative assessments supported by pre and post-testing for the current school year that demonstrate growth in student achievement.
168.763. The district shall develop the questions for the teacher self-evaluation and shall provide a standard form to be returned sealed directly to the administrator responsible for the review. The contents of the review shall not be disclosed in a manner that allows the identification of a reviewer with any comment.
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