Full Text of HB2819 98th General Assembly
HB2819 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014 HB2819 Introduced , by Rep. Elaine Nekritz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the development of an evaluation plan for principals and assistant principals.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 24A-15 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/24A-15) | 7 | | Sec. 24A-15. Development of evaluation plan for principals | 8 | | and and assistant principals. | 9 | | (a) Each school district, except for a school district | 10 | | organized under Article 34 of this Code, shall establish a | 11 | | principal and assistant principal evaluation plan in | 12 | | accordance with this Section. The plan must ensure that each | 13 | | principal and assistant principal is evaluated as follows: | 14 | | (1) For a principal or assistant principal on a | 15 | | single-year contract, the evaluation must take place by | 16 | | March 1 of each year. | 17 | | (2) For a principal or assistant principal on a | 18 | | multi-year contract under Section 10-23.8a of this Code, | 19 | | the evaluation must take place by March 1 of the final year | 20 | | of the contract. | 21 | | On and after September 1, 2012, the plan must: | 22 | | (i) rate the principal's or assistant principal's | 23 | | performance as "excellent", "proficient", "needs |
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| 1 | | improvement" or "unsatisfactory"; and | 2 | | (ii) ensure that each principal and assistant | 3 | | principal is evaluated at least once every school year. | 4 | | Nothing in this Section prohibits a school district from | 5 | | conducting additional evaluations of principals and assistant | 6 | | principals.
| 7 | | (b) The evaluation shall include a description of the | 8 | | principal's or assistant principal's duties and | 9 | | responsibilities and the standards to which the principal or | 10 | | assistant principal is expected to conform. | 11 | | (c) The evaluation for a principal must be performed by the | 12 | | district superintendent, the superintendent's designee, or, in | 13 | | the absence of the superintendent or his or her designee, an | 14 | | individual appointed by the school board who holds a registered | 15 | | Type 75 State administrative certificate. | 16 | | Prior to September 1, 2012, the evaluation must be in | 17 | | writing and must at least do all of the following: | 18 | | (1) Consider the principal's specific duties, | 19 | | responsibilities, management, and competence as a | 20 | | principal. | 21 | | (2) Specify the principal's strengths and weaknesses, | 22 | | with supporting reasons. | 23 | | (3) Align with research-based standards established by | 24 | | administrative rule.
| 25 | | On and after September 1, 2012, the evaluation must, in | 26 | | addition to the requirements in items (1), (2), and (3) of this |
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| 1 | | subsection (c), provide for the use of data and indicators on | 2 | | student growth as a significant factor in rating performance. | 3 | | (c-5) The evaluation of an assistant principal must be | 4 | | performed by the principal, the district superintendent, the | 5 | | superintendent's designee, or, in the absence of the | 6 | | superintendent or his or her designee, an individual appointed | 7 | | by the school board who holds a registered Type 75 State | 8 | | administrative certificate. The evaluation must be in writing | 9 | | and must at least do all of the following: | 10 | | (1) Consider the assistant principal's specific | 11 | | duties, responsibilities, management, and competence as an | 12 | | assistant principal. | 13 | | (2) Specify the assistant principal's strengths and | 14 | | weaknesses with supporting reasons. | 15 | | (3) Align with the Illinois Professional Standards for | 16 | | School Leaders or research-based district standards. | 17 | | On and after September 1, 2012, the evaluation must, in | 18 | | addition to the requirements in items (1), (2), and (3) of this | 19 | | subsection (c-5), provide for the use of data and indicators on | 20 | | student growth as a significant factor in rating performance. | 21 | | (d) One copy of the evaluation must be included in the | 22 | | principal's or assistant principal's personnel file and one | 23 | | copy of the evaluation must be provided to the principal or | 24 | | assistant principal. | 25 | | (e) Failure by a district to evaluate a principal or | 26 | | assistant principal and to provide the principal or assistant |
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| 1 | | principal with a copy of the evaluation at least once during | 2 | | the term of the principal's or assistant principal's contract, | 3 | | in accordance with this Section, is evidence that the principal | 4 | | or assistant principal is performing duties and | 5 | | responsibilities in at least a satisfactory manner and shall | 6 | | serve to automatically extend the principal's or assistant | 7 | | principal's contract for a period of one year after the | 8 | | contract would otherwise expire, under the same terms and | 9 | | conditions as the prior year's contract. The requirements in | 10 | | this Section are in addition to the right of a school board to | 11 | | reclassify a principal or assistant principal pursuant to | 12 | | Section 10-23.8b of this Code. | 13 | | (f) Nothing in this Section prohibits a school board from | 14 | | ordering lateral transfers of principals or assistant | 15 | | principals to positions of similar rank and salary.
| 16 | | (Source: P.A. 96-861, eff. 1-15-10; 97-217, eff. 7-28-11.)
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