"PART V
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
NEW SECTION. Sec. 501. A new section is added to chapter
28A.630 RCW to read as follows:
(1)(a) The student achievement council must develop performance measures for the joint legislative audit and review committee to use to evaluate the success of the programs listed in subsection (2) of this section in recruiting and retaining highly effective teachers, especially in high-need subjects and geographic areas.
(b) In developing the performance measures and a data collection plan, the student achievement council must consult with the joint legislative audit and review committee, the education data center established in RCW
43.41.400, the office of the superintendent of public instruction, and the Washington professional educator standards board. To the maximum extent possible, the performance measures must use existing data and be disaggregated by subject and geographic area.
(c) The student achievement council must submit the performance measures and a data collection plan to the joint legislative audit and review committee and the appropriate committees of the legislature by January 10, 2020.
(2) The student achievement council must develop performance measures and a data collection plan for the review of the following programs:
(a) The regional educator recruitment program under section 102 of this act;
(b) The recruiting Washington teachers program under RCW
28A.415.370;
(c) The bilingual educator initiative under RCW
28A.180.120;
(d) The educational service district alternative route pilot program under section 108 of this act;
(e) Grants for student teachers at Title I schools under RCW
28B.76.699;
(f) The teacher shortage conditional scholarship program under RCW
28B.102.090;
(g) The alternative route conditional scholarship program under section 216 of this act;
(h) The pipeline for paraeducators conditional scholarship program under section 217 of this act;
(i) The educator retooling conditional scholarship program under section 218 of this act;
(j) The career and technical education conditional scholarship program under section 219 of this act;
(k) The federal student loan repayment in exchange for teaching service program under RCW
28B.102.055;
(l) Expanded enrollments in high-need subjects and locations under section 230 of this act; and
(m) The beginning educator support team program under RCW
28A.415.265.
(3) In developing performance measures, the student achievement council must consider the following measures:
(a) Number of teaching vacancies and length of time each position remains open;
(b) Number and percentage of teachers on limited certificates assigned to teach;
(c) Number and percentage of teachers assigned to teach out of field;
(d) Number and percentage of fully certificated teachers with fewer than five years' experience;
(e) Demographics of teachers, such as race, ethnicity, and gender, compared to demographics of students;
(f) Number and percentage of teachers who are fluent in a language other than English;
(g) Resources spent by principals and human resource personnel on recruitment efforts;
(h) Effect of educators on student growth, graduation rates, and other student outcomes;
(i) Teacher program completion rates; and
(j) Teacher mobility trends, including how long teachers teach in Washington.
(4) In fiscal year 2029, the student achievement council must review state funding provided to the programs listed in subsection (2) of this section and submit to the joint legislative audit and review committee a report of the five programs provided with the most funding over the prior nine fiscal years.
(5) This section expires July 1, 2032.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 502. A new section is added to chapter
44.28 RCW to read as follows:
(1) The joint committee must assist the student achievement council with its development of performance measures and a data collection plan as required under section 501 of this act.
(2)(a) Beginning in fiscal year 2030, the joint committee must perform a review of the five programs provided with the most state funding over the prior nine fiscal years, as identified by the student achievement council. The joint committee must prioritize these reviews in order of the programs that received the most state funding. Each review must evaluate the success of the program in recruiting and retaining highly effective teachers, especially in high-need subjects and geographic areas.
(b) The joint committee must perform the reviews required under this subsection (2) and submit the results of each review to the appropriate committees of the legislature as the reviews are completed, but no later than December 31, 2031, and in compliance with RCW
43.01.036.
(3) This section expires July 1, 2032.