Bill Text: TX HB354 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the adoption of teacher performance contracts for classroom teachers and an increased basic allotment for school districts that adopt those contracts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-08-08 - Left pending in committee [HB354 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB354-Introduced.html
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By: Villalba | H.B. No. 354 |
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relating to the adoption of teacher performance contracts for | ||
classroom teachers and an increased basic allotment for school | ||
districts that adopt those contracts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subchapter H-1 to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER H-1. TEACHER PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS | ||
Sec. 21.371. TEACHER PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS. (a) A school | ||
district may adopt teacher performance contracts under this | ||
subchapter for use in the district for the purpose of providing | ||
specific guidance to classroom teachers on improving performance. | ||
(b) A district that adopts teacher performance contracts | ||
under this subchapter must use a teacher performance contract | ||
evaluation system described by Section 21.372. | ||
(c) A teacher performance contract under this subchapter is | ||
a supplemental agreement between the district and teacher and does | ||
not affect the requirements under this chapter to employ a teacher | ||
under a probationary, continuing, or term contract. | ||
Sec. 21.372. TEACHER PERFORMANCE CONTRACT EVALUATION | ||
SYSTEM. (a) A teacher performance contract evaluation system | ||
consists of an appraisal process and performance criteria adopted | ||
in accordance with Section 21.352(a)(2) that include evaluation | ||
based on: | ||
(1) observation of the teacher's performance; | ||
(2) student achievement results, as measured by | ||
student growth and performance on multiple tests and school growth | ||
and performance on state assessment instruments administered under | ||
Section 39.023; and | ||
(3) research-based, age-appropriate surveys | ||
administered to students about the teacher's performance. | ||
(b) The evaluation system described by this section must | ||
provide that a classroom teacher's performance on each criteria | ||
listed in Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) is weighted not less than | ||
15 percent of the teacher's appraisal. | ||
(c) The evaluation system described by this section must | ||
provide not fewer than eight performance levels to which a | ||
classroom teacher may be assigned based on the teacher's appraisal. | ||
Sec. 21.373. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION BASED ON APPRAISAL | ||
PERFORMANCE LEVEL. (a) A teacher performance contract must | ||
provide for additional compensation for a classroom teacher | ||
assigned a performance level under the evaluation system described | ||
by Section 21.372 that indicates the teacher's performance exceeds | ||
the performance expected at the teacher's level of experience. | ||
(b) The contract must ensure that the salary of a teacher | ||
described by Subsection (a) exceeds the compensation the teacher is | ||
entitled to under the minimum salary schedule provided by Section | ||
21.402. | ||
Sec. 21.374. CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT RENEWAL PROHIBITED. (a) A | ||
school district that adopts teacher performance contracts under | ||
this subchapter may not renew the employment contract of a | ||
classroom teacher employed under a probationary contract who is | ||
assigned the minimum performance level based on the teacher's | ||
appraisal for the school year, except as otherwise provided by | ||
Subsection (b). | ||
(b) The board of trustees of a school district may take | ||
specific action to renew the employment of a teacher who is employed | ||
under a probationary contract and is assigned the minimum | ||
performance level based on the teacher's appraisal for the school | ||
year. | ||
Sec. 21.375. COMMISSIONER APPROVAL. The commissioner shall | ||
approve a school district for purposes of the adjustment in the | ||
district's basic allotment provided by Section 42.101(d) if the | ||
commissioner determines that: | ||
(1) the district has met the requirements for teacher | ||
performance contracts provided by this subchapter; and | ||
(2) the teacher performance contracts adopted by the | ||
district satisfy any commissioner rules adopted to ensure that | ||
teacher performance contracts are likely to improve the district's: | ||
(A) recruitment of effective classroom teachers; | ||
(B) retention of effective classroom teachers; | ||
and | ||
(C) student performance. | ||
Sec. 21.376. RULES. The commissioner may adopt rules to | ||
implement this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 42.101, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, | ||
for a school district that adopts teacher performance contracts | ||
under Subchapter H-1, Chapter 21, and receives commissioner | ||
approval under Section 21.375, the basic allotment to which the | ||
district would otherwise be entitled under this section is | ||
increased by the amount that results from the following formula: | ||
I = $50 X (PCE/TE) | ||
where: | ||
"I" is the amount by which the district's basic allotment is | ||
increased under this subsection; | ||
"PCE" is the number of classroom teachers employed by the | ||
district that have entered a teacher performance contract with the | ||
district; and | ||
"TE" is the total number of classroom teachers employed by | ||
the district. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2018-2019 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. |