Bill Text: NY A10786 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the public disclosure of the final quality ratings and composite effectiveness scores of teachers and building principals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - substituted by s7792 [A10786 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A10786-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10786
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 18, 2012
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       Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jaffee) --
         (at request of the Governor) -- read once and referred to the  Commit-
         tee on Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to requiring public
         disclosure of the results of annual professional  performance  reviews
         of teachers and principals
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 3012-c of the education law is amended by adding  a
    2  new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
    3    10. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
    4  SHALL  FULLY  DISCLOSE  AND RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC AND THE DEPARTMENT THE
    5  FINAL QUALITY RATINGS AND COMPOSITE EFFECTIVENESS SCORES FROM THE ANNUAL
    6  PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS  OF  ITS  TEACHERS  AND  PRINCIPALS  AS
    7  PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
    8    A.  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  FULLY  DISCLOSE PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE
    9  REVIEW DATA FOR TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS  IN  EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  AND
   10  BOARD  OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ON THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE AND
   11  IN ANY OTHER MANNER TO MAKE SUCH DATA WIDELY AVAILABLE  TO  THE  PUBLIC.
   12  SUCH  DATA  SHALL  BE  SUITABLE FOR RESEARCH, ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF
   13  PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW DATA FOR TEACHERS AND  PRINCIPALS.  SUCH
   14  PUBLIC  DISCLOSURE SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FINAL QUALITY
   15  RATINGS AND COMPOSITE EFFECTIVENESS SCORES BY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR  PRIN-
   16  CIPAL  EVALUATION  DATA,  BY SCHOOL BUILDING FOR TEACHER EVALUATION DATA
   17  AND, WITHIN EACH DISTRICT AND SCHOOL BUILDING,  BY  CLASS,  SUBJECT  AND
   18  GRADE;  FINAL  QUALITY  RATINGS  AND  COMPOSITE  EFFECTIVENESS SCORES BY
   19  REGION, DISTRICT WEALTH, DISTRICT  NEED  CATEGORY,  STUDENT  ENROLLMENT,
   20  TYPE  OF SCHOOL (I.E.  ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL), STUDENT NEED
   21  (E.G., POVERTY LEVEL), AND DISTRICT SPENDING; FINAL QUALITY RATINGS  AND
   22  COMPOSITE  EFFECTIVENESS  SCORES BY THE PERCENTAGE OR NUMBER OF TEACHERS
   23  AND PRINCIPALS IN EACH FINAL QUALITY RATING CATEGORY, MOVING TO A HIGHER
   24  RATING CATEGORY THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, MOVING TO A LOWER RATING CATEGO-
   25  RY THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR, AND RETAINED IN  EACH  RATING  CATEGORY;  AND
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD12167-01-2
       A. 10786                            2
    1  DATA  ON  TENURE  GRANTING  AND DENIAL BASED ON THE FINAL QUALITY RATING
    2  CATEGORIES.
    3    B.  EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
    4  SHALL FULLY DISCLOSE AND RELEASE TO THE PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS OF A
    5  STUDENT THE FINAL QUALITY RATING AND COMPOSITE EFFECTIVENESS  SCORE  FOR
    6  EACH  OF  THE  TEACHERS  AND FOR THE PRINCIPAL OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING TO
    7  WHICH THE STUDENT IS ASSIGNED FOR  THE  CURRENT  SCHOOL  YEAR  UPON  THE
    8  REQUEST  OF SUCH PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS. THE GOVERNING BODY OF EACH
    9  SCHOOL DISTRICT AND BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  SHALL
   10  PROVIDE  CONSPICUOUS  NOTICE TO PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS OF THE RIGHT
   11  TO OBTAIN SUCH INFORMATION. PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS MAY  REVIEW  AND
   12  RECEIVE  SUCH DATA IN ANY MANNER, INCLUDING BY PHONE OR IN PERSON; SHALL
   13  RECEIVE AN ORAL OR WRITTEN EXPLANATION OF  THE  COMPOSITE  EFFECTIVENESS
   14  SCORING  RANGES  FOR FINAL QUALITY RATINGS; AND BE OFFERED OPPORTUNITIES
   15  TO UNDERSTAND SUCH SCORES IN  THE  CONTEXT  OF  TEACHER  EVALUATION  AND
   16  STUDENT  PERFORMANCE.    REASONABLE EFFORTS SHALL BE MADE TO VERIFY THAT
   17  ANY SUCH REQUEST IS A BONA FIDE REQUEST BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN ENTITLED
   18  TO REVIEW AND RECEIVE SUCH DATA PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH.
   19    C. THE DEPARTMENT AND EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE
   20  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES  SHALL  ENSURE  THAT  ANY RELEASE TO THE PUBLIC OF
   21  ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW DATA, OR ANY OTHER DATA  THAT  IS
   22  USED AS A COMPONENT OF ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEWS, DOES NOT
   23  INCLUDE PERSONALLY IDENTIFYING INFORMATION FOR ANY TEACHER OR PRINCIPAL,
   24  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  NOTHING SHALL IMPAIR THE RIGHT OF PARENTS AND
   25  LEGAL GUARDIANS TO REVIEW AND  RECEIVE  THE  FINAL  QUALITY  RATING  AND
   26  COMPOSITE  EFFECTIVENESS  SCORE OF INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AS
   27  PROVIDED  IN  PARAGRAPH  B  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION.  ANNUAL  PROFESSIONAL
   28  PERFORMANCE  REVIEWS  OF INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS SHALL NOT BE
   29  SUBJECT TO DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SIX  OF  THE  PUBLIC  OFFICERS
   30  LAW.
   31    D.  NOTHING  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT FROM
   32  COLLECTING SUCH DATA AND MATERIALS FROM SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND  BOARDS  OF
   33  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS IS NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT ITS FUNC-
   34  TIONS AND DUTIES, INCLUDING ITS RESPONSIBILITIES RELATED TO THE  FEDERAL
   35  RACE TO THE TOP PROGRAM.
   36    S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.