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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 4407
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representatives Vance, Brough, Brumsickle, Holland, Betrozoff, Silver, Wynne, Forner, Moyer, Paris and May.
Read first time January 31, 1991. Referred to Committee on Education\
Appropriations.
WHEREAS, The legislature recognizes the need to keep and attract quality teachers in our public schools and to encourage and recognize excellent performance by teachers; and
WHEREAS, The legislature has determined that in order to enhance the attractiveness of teaching and to encourage and recognize excellent teacher performance, it is necessary to adopt a teacher performance-based compensation plan or plans; and
WHEREAS, In order to determine which teacher performance-based compensation plans would be most effective, it is necessary to study and evaluate the various teacher performance-based plans;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, By the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, the Senate concurring, That there is hereby created a joint select committee on teacher performance-based compensation plans which shall study ways to provide monetary incentives to teachers for improved performance; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the joint select committee shall consist of eight voting members composed of the following: Two members from the House of Representatives education committee; two members from the Senate education committee; two members from the House of Representatives appropriations committee; and two members from the Senate ways and means committee; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the chairs of the House of Representatives education committee and the Senate education committee shall appoint an advisory group with which the joint select committee will work closely in the development of its findings and conclusions; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the advisory group shall be composed of representatives of the superintendent of public instruction, state board of education, school administration, teachers, school board members, and any other representatives selected by the joint select committee; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the joint select committee and the advisory group shall study all issues relating to teacher performance-based compensation plans, including but not limited to the following issues:
(1) The experiences of other states that have adopted monetary incentives for teachers, including information on the successful aspects, problems, costs of development and implementation, impact on staff morale, and the recommendations of these states on the effectiveness of their programs;
(2) All current proposals, including the governor's recent building-based proposal, other building-based plans, and individual-based plans, including but not limited to career ladder plans; and
(3) New performance-based compensation plans for teachers; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the joint select committee shall recommend one or more teacher performance-based compensation plans for use in the state of Washington and shall make a report of its findings and conclusions to the education and appropriations committees of the House of Representatives and the education and ways and means committees of the Senate no later than December 1, 1991; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the joint select committee shall cease to exist December 1, 1991.