Bill Text: NY S02668 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the confidentiality of annual professional performance reviews of individual classroom teachers and building principals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S02668 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02668-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2668
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  BALL  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  establishing  the
         confidentiality of annual professional performance reviews of individ-
         ual classroom teachers and building 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 2-a to read as follows:
    3    2-A.  THOSE PORTIONS OF EACH ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF
    4  A CLASSROOM TEACHER OR BUILDING PRINCIPAL WHICH ARE UTILIZED TO EVALUATE
    5  THE PERFORMANCE AND/OR RATING FOR PURPOSES OF THE CONTINUED  EMPLOYMENT,
    6  PROMOTION  OR TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCH CLASSROOM TEACHER OR BUILD-
    7  ING PRINCIPAL SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE CONFIDENTIAL AND SHALL CONSTITUTE AN
    8  UNWARRANTED INVASION OF PERSONAL PRIVACY FOR PURPOSES OF ARTICLE SIX  OF
    9  THE  PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY PERSON IN PARENTAL
   10  RELATION TO A PUPIL WHO ATTENDS THE SCHOOL  AT WHICH A CLASSROOM TEACHER
   11  OR BUILDING PRINCIPAL IS EMPLOYED SHALL HAVE UNRESTRICTED ACCESS TO  THE
   12  ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF SUCH TEACHER OR PRINCIPAL.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07366-01-3