2014 Senate Bill 817 / Public Act 257

Reduce “student growth” portion of teacher rating criteria

Introduced in the Senate

Feb. 25, 2014

Introduced by Sen. John Pappageorge (R-13)

To move back by two years the deadlines imposed by a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-HB-4625">2011 law</a> establishing a process for determining whether teachers are “effective” or not, and basing school employment decisions on these ratings.

Referred to the Committee on Education

March 19, 2014

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.

May 13, 2014

Substitute offered

The substitute passed by voice vote

May 14, 2014

Amendment offered by Sen. Hoon-Yung Hopgood (D-8)

To delay the teacher effective rating process until the end of the 2017-2018 school year.

The amendment passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)

To reduce the percentage of a teacher's "effectiveness" evaluation that must be based on student progress as measured by state test data (instead of other more subjective measures) from 50 percent to 40 percent, and delay implementation until the 2017-2018 school year. The original 50 percent figure was required by a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-HB-4625">2011 law</a> basing school employment decisions on these ratings.

Received in the House

May 14, 2014

Referred to the Committee on Education

June 4, 2014

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

June 11, 2014

Amendment offered by Rep. Lisa Posthumus Lyons (R-86)

To change the student assessment and student academic growth component from 40 percent of a teacher's rating to 50 percent, but rather than basing this on statewide tests, the basis is not specified and would be determined later. See also House Bill 5223, cosponsored by the sponsor of this amendment.

The amendment passed by voice vote

June 12, 2014

Passed in the House 110 to 0 (details)

To revise the criteria for teacher "effectiveness" evaluations used in various to a system to be determined later. This essentially repeals the requirement in a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-HB-4625">2011 law</a> basing school employment decisions on ratings in which half of a teacher's effectiveness would be based on student academic progress as measured by actual results on state tests. Instead, the ratings would be based on a system to be determined later.

Received in the Senate

June 12, 2014

Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)

To concur with the House-passed version of the bill, which essentially repeals the requirement in a <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-HB-4625">2011 law</a> basing school employment decisions on ratings in which half of a teacher's effectiveness would be based on student academic progress as measured by actual results on state tests. Instead, the ratings would be based on a system to be determined later.

Signed by Gov. Rick Snyder

June 28, 2014