BILL NUMBER: AB 1184	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Campos

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act relating to school employees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1184, as introduced, Campos. School employees: San Jose Unified
School District.
   Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and
secondary schools in this state pursuant to which school districts
operate schools and employ certificated personnel to provide
instruction to pupils. Existing law establishes procedures for the
hiring of these employees, and authorizes school districts to
negotiate, and enter into, collective bargaining agreements with
entities representing employees. Existing law requires every employee
of a school district with an average daily attendance of 250 or more
to be classified as and become a permanent employee of the school
district if the employee has been employed by the school district for
2 complete consecutive school years in a position requiring
certification qualifications and is reelected for the next succeeding
school year to a position requiring certification qualifications.
   This bill would express the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation that would facilitate implementation of an innovative
teacher evaluation program that would provide for a 3rd year of
probationary status for teachers in the San Jose School District,
created in partnership through the negotiations process by the San
Jose Unified School District and the San Jose Teachers Association.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would facilitate implementation of an innovative
teacher evaluation program created in partnership through the
negotiations process by the San Jose Unified School District and the
San Jose Teachers Association. The Legislature recognizes that the
San Jose Unified School District's and the San Jose Teachers
Association's request for a minimal amount of flexibility in the
establishment of an employee's right to permanent status is sound,
reasonable, and appropriate for the limited circumstances in which it
is sought; specifically, the unique and longstanding state of labor
relations between the leadership of the San Jose Unified School
District and the San Jose Teachers Association.
   (b) It is further the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would grant the jointly negotiated and monitored
evaluation program the opportunity to provide for a third year of
probationary status for teachers when recommended by the
contractually designated joint oversight panel. The Legislature
recognizes the parties' negotiated contract language ensures that the
option for a third year of probation could only be considered in
lieu of nonreelection when it is in the best interest of fairness,
transparency, and outstanding education in the San Jose Unified
School District.