Amends TCA Title 49.

Generally under present law:<br /> <br /> (1) All teachers and principals employed by local education agencies (LEAs) undergo annual evaluations pursuant to guidelines and criteria approved by the state board of education. The evaluations are a factor in employment decisions, including promotion, retention, termination, compensation, and the attainment of tenure status;<br /> (2) 50 percent of the annual evaluation is comprised of student achievement data with 35 percent of such criteria based on student growth data as represented by the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) or some other comparable measure if no TVAAS data is available and 15 percent based on other measures of student achievement;<br /> (3) For teachers without access to individual growth data representative of student growth as required by (2) above, 35 percent of such criteria is comprised of student achievement data with 15 percent of such criteria based on student growth as represented by TVAAS or some other comparable measure if no TVAAS data is available; and<br /> (4) The remaining 50 percent of the annual evaluation is based on other mandatory criteria, such as prior evaluations, personal conferences, and classroom observations.<br /> <br /> Also under present law, for teachers without access to individual growth data representative of student growth as specified above in (3), 30 percent of the evaluation criteria is comprised of student achievement data with 15 percent of the evaluation criteria based on student growth and represented by TVAAS evaluation composites.<br /> <br /> This bill adds, notwithstanding the above-described provisions, that beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, if a teacher's overall evaluation demonstrates an overall performance effectiveness level of "above expectations" or "significantly above expectations" in each year of a consecutive three-year period and the teacher receives, in one or more of the three school years immediately following that consecutive three-year period, an overall performance effectiveness level of "at expectations" or below due to a decline in student growth data scores, then the teacher may receive, at the teacher's discretion, an overall performance effectiveness level of "above expectations" for each such school year.<br /> <br /> ON APRIL 22, 2019, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 632, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill and requires, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the state board of education to award a teacher five additional professional development points if the teacher's overall evaluation demonstrates an overall performance effectiveness level of "at expectations," "above expectations," or "significantly above expectations" and the evaluation is based on the teacher's performance while employed at a school that is on the priority list or the focus list.<br /> <br /> ON APRIL 30, 2019, THE SENATE SUBSTITUTED HOUSE BILL 632 FOR SENATE BILL 565, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSES HOUSE BILL 632, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 makes the same changes as House Amendment #1, except the additional points will only be awarded to teachers employed at a school that is on the priority list or the focus list and whose overall evaluation demonstrates an overall performance effectiveness level of "above expectations" or "significantly above expectations".<br /> <br /> ON MAY 1, 2019, THE HOUSE NON-CONCURRED IN SENATE AMENDMENT #1.<br /> <br /> ON MAY 1, 2019, THE SENATE REFUSED TO RECEDE IN ITS ACTION IN ADOPTING AMENDMENT #1.<br /> <br /> ON MAY 2, 2019, THE HOUSE CONCURRED IN SENATE AMENDMENT #1.<br /> <br />