Bill Text: NH SB114 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibiting assessing teacher performance based solely on assessment scores.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-30 - Senate Sen. Forsythe Moved Laid on Table, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; Senate Journal 11, Pg.209 [SB114 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2011-SB114-Introduced.html

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SB 114 – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 114

AN ACT prohibiting assessing teacher performance based solely on assessment scores.

SPONSORS: Sen. Larsen, Dist 15

COMMITTEE: Education

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits a teacher’s performance from being considered unsatisfactory based solely on state or national assessment scores received by pupils in such teacher’s classes.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT prohibiting assessing teacher performance based solely on assessment scores.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Failure to be Renominated or Reelected. Amend RSA 189:14-a, III to read as follows:

III. In cases of nonrenomination because of unsatisfactory performance, the superintendent of the local school district shall demonstrate, at the school board hearing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the teacher had received written notice that the teacher's unsatisfactory performance may lead to nonrenomination, that the teacher had a reasonable opportunity to correct such unsatisfactory performance, and that the teacher had failed to correct such unsatisfactory performance. A teacher’s performance shall not be considered unsatisfactory based solely on state or national assessment scores received by pupils in such teacher’s classes. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require the superintendent or the school board to provide a teacher with remedial assistance to correct any deficiencies that form the basis for such teacher's nonrenomination.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.