BILL NUMBER: AB 1495	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Weber

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to amend Section 44662 of the Education Code, relating to
teachers.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1495, as introduced, Weber. Teachers: evaluation.
   Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that governing
boards of school districts establish a uniform system of evaluation
and assessment of the performance of all certificated personnel
within each school district of the state. Existing law requires the
governing board of each school district to establish standards of
expected pupil achievement at each grade level in each area of study
and to evaluate and assess certificated employee performance on a
continuing basis as it reasonably relates to specified matters.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to
develop and adopt additional evaluation and assessment guidelines or
criteria.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
   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.  Section 44662 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   44662.  (a) The governing board of  each   a
 school district shall establish standards of expected pupil
achievement at each grade level in each area of study.
   (b) The governing board of  each   a 
school district shall evaluate and assess certificated employee
performance as it reasonably relates to:
   (1) The progress of pupils toward the standards established
pursuant to subdivision (a) and, if applicable, the state adopted
academic content standards as measured by state adopted criterion
referenced assessments.
   (2) The instructional techniques and strategies used by the
employee.
   (3) The employee's adherence to curricular objectives.
   (4) The establishment and maintenance of a suitable learning
environment, within the scope of the employee's responsibilities.
   (c) The governing board of  each   a 
school district shall establish and define job responsibilities for
certificated noninstructional personnel, including, but not limited
to, supervisory and administrative personnel, whose responsibilities
cannot be evaluated appropriately under the provisions of subdivision
(b) and shall evaluate and assess the performance of those
noninstructional certificated employees as it reasonably relates to
the fulfillment of those responsibilities.
   (d) Results of an employee's participation in the  California
 Peer Assistance and Review Program for Teachers established by
Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 44500) shall be made available
as part of the evaluation conducted pursuant to this section.
   (e) The evaluation and assessment of certificated employee
performance pursuant to this section shall not include the use of
publishers' norms established by standardized tests.
   (f) Nothing in this section shall be construed as in any way
limiting the authority of  school district   the
 governing  boards   board of a school
district  to develop and adopt additional evaluation and
assessment guidelines or criteria.