SB 5880 -
By Senator Mullet
On page 4, beginning on line 4 of the amendment, after "However," strike "beginning in the 2017-18 school year" and insert "subject to the requirements of (f)(iii) of this subsection and beginning no earlier than the 2017-18 school year"
On page 4, line 9 of the amendment, after "assessment." insert "The methodology of using student results on relevant federally mandated statewide student assessments as one of the multiple measures of student growth shall be subject to collective bargaining."
On page 4, line 20 of the amendment, after "(iii)" insert "The
federally mandated statewide assessments shall only be used as one of
the multiple measures of student growth once the office of the
superintendent of public instruction and the steering committee defined
in subsection (7)(a) of this section have determined that the relevant
assessment meets professionally accepted standards for being a valid
and reliable tool for measuring student growth and certified that the
use of relevant federally mandated statewide assessments as one of the
multiple measures of student growth will strengthen and not undermine
the existing teacher evaluation system.
(iv)"
On page 9, beginning on line 14 of the amendment, after "However," strike "beginning in the 2017-18 school year" and insert "subject to the requirements of (f)(ii) of this subsection and beginning no earlier than the 2017-18 school year"
On page 9, line 19 of the amendment, after "assessments." insert "The methodology of using student results on relevant federally mandated statewide student assessments as one of the multiple measures of student growth shall be subject to collective bargaining."
On page 9, line 23 of the amendment, after "(ii)" insert "The
federally mandated statewide assessments shall only be used as one of
the multiple measures of student growth once the office of the
superintendent of public instruction and the steering committee defined
in subsection (7)(a) of this section have determined that the relevant
assessment meets professionally accepted standards for being a valid
and reliable tool for measuring student growth and certified that the
use of relevant federally mandated statewide assessments as one of the
multiple measures of student growth will strengthen and not undermine
the existing principal evaluation system.
(iii)"
On page 16, after line 22 of the amendment, insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 3 This act takes effect only if:
(1) The United States department of education approves Washington
state's elementary and secondary education act waiver application to
include results from federally mandated statewide student assessments
as one measure of student growth for purposes of teacher and principal
evaluations no earlier than the 2017-18 school year;
(2) The approval of Washington state's waiver application described
in subsection (1) of this section is received in writing by the office
of the superintendent of public instruction by September 1, 2014; and
(3) The office of the superintendent of public instruction provides
notice to the office of the governor, the legislature, and the code
reviser's office by September 15, 2014."
SB 5880 -
By Senator
On page 16, line 26 of the title amendment, after "28A.405.100;" strike the remainder of the title amendment and insert "creating a new section; and providing a contingent effective date."
EFFECT: Student results on relevant federally mandated statewide
assessments must be used as one of the multiple measures of student
growth for the purpose of teacher and principal evaluations beginning
no earlier than the 2017-18 school year. Before such assessment
results may be used as one of the multiple measures of student growth,
the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the
Teacher-Principal Evaluation system's steering committee must determine
that the relevant assessment meets professionally accepted standards
for being a valid and reliable tool for measuring student growth and
must certify that the use of federally mandated statewide assessments
as one of the multiple measures of student growth will strengthen and
not undermine the existing teacher-principal evaluation system.
A contingent effective section is added. The act takes effect only
if:
The U.S. Department of Education approves Washington's Elementary
and Secondary Act waiver application to include results from federally
mandated statewide student assessments as one measure of student growth
for purposes of teacher and principal evaluations no sooner than the
2017-18 school year;
The approval of Washington state's waiver application described in
subsection (1) of the contingent effective section is received in
writing by the office of the superintendent of public instruction by
September 1, 2014; and
The office of the superintendent of public instruction provides
notice to the office of the governor, the legislature, and the code
reviser's office by September 15, 2014.