(Senate Bill 783)
I. Pay for
performance.
Beginning with all newly-negotiated collective bargaining agreement a school board may include a performance-based teacher compensation plan.
Such a plan shall provide that any increases in the compensation of individual teachers or groups or teachers beyond base salaries shall be pursuant to one of the following criteria:
(1)Superior teacher evaluations,
(2)Evaluation of a teacher’s student classroom-level achievement growth as measured using a value-added model,
(3)Evaluation of school-level achievement growth as measured using a value-added model,
(4)Demonstration of superior, outstanding performance by an individual teacher or groups of teachers through the meeting of unique and specific teaching practice objectives previously defined and agreed to, or
(5)Preparation for meeting and contribution to the broader needs of the school organization.
A school board and exclusive bargaining representative that initiate their own performance-based teacher compensation program shall submit the new plan to the State Board of Education for review not later than 150 days before the plan is to become effective. If the plan does not conform to this Section, the State board of Education shall return the plan to the school board and the exclusive bargaining representative for modification. The school board and the exclusive bargaining representative shall then have 30 days after the plan is returned to them to submit a modified plan.
II. Reporting of
contracts.
This provision requires school boards to list on the school district
website all contracts over $25,000 and all collective bargaining
contracts. The report must include the total number of contracts
awarded by the school district, the total value of all contracts
awarded, the number of contracts awarded to minority owned businesses,
female owned businesses, businesses owned by a person with a disability
and locally owned businesses.