Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.
2013 Regular Session
House Bill 390
Teacher evaluation; establish process for comprehensive assessment of performance and growth.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE TEACHER EVALUATION PROCESS FOR ALL LICENSED PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS TO ASSESS TEACHER PERFORMANCE AND PROVIDE A PLAN FOR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH; TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO USE THE MISSISSIPPI TEACHER PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND MISSISSIPPI TEACHER EVALUATION PROCESS IN ITS EVALUATION PROCESS OR ALTERNATIVE EVALUATION EQUIVALENT TO THE STATE MODEL; TO REQUIRE THAT THE PRINCIPAL OR DESIGNEE CONDUCT THE EVALUATION; TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO USE THE MISSISSIPPI TEACHER PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND MISSISSIPPI TEACHER EVALUATION PROCESS UNLESS IT DEVELOPS AN ALTERNATIVE EVALUATION PROCESS SIMILAR TO THOSE USED IN THE STATE MODEL; TO PRESCRIBE THE COMPONENTS OF THE MISSISSIPPI TEACHER EVALUATION PROCESS AND THE CORRECTIVE ACTION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GROWTH PLANS FOR TEACHERS WHO DO NOT OBTAIN A CERTAIN EVALUATION RATING; TO PROVIDE FOR THE FREQUENCY IN WHICH THE EVALUATIONS MUST BE PERFORMED FOR TEACHERS IN CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO PROVIDE CIVIL IMMUNITY TO THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS FOR ENFORCING AND CARRYING OUT THE PROVISION OF THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO USE TO CREATE ASSESSMENT TEAMS TO BE ASSIGNED TO EVERY LOW-PERFORMING SCHOOL; TO PRESCRIBE THE DUTIES OF THE ASSESSMENT TEAM; TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, IN CONSULTATION WITH LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS OF EDUCATION, TO REVISE AND DEVELOP UNIFORM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND CRITERIA TO BE USED IN EVALUATING CERTIFIED PUBLIC SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS; TO PRESCRIBE THE PERFORMACE RATING DESIGNATIONS TO BE ASSIGNED TO TEACHERS UPON COMPLETION OF EVALUATION; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 37-9-59, 37-9-111 AND 37-3-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR THE PURPOSE OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Its course
January 21 to February 5, 2013, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.