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Senate Bill 1383 |
Senate Author: Shapiro et al. |
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Effective: 6-17-11 |
House Sponsor: Eissler |
Senate Bill 1383 amends the Education Code to require the commissioner of education by rule to establish and administer a comprehensive appraisal and professional development system for public school principals and authorizes the commissioner to establish a consortium of nationally recognized experts on educational leadership and policy to assist the commissioner in the development of such a system and to make recommendations regarding the training, appraisal, professional development, and compensation of principals. The bill requires the commissioner to establish school leadership standards and a set of indicators of successful school leadership to align with such training, appraisal, and professional development and requires each school district to appraise each principal annually using either the appraisal system and the leadership standards and indicators developed by the commissioner or an appraisal process and performance criteria developed by the district in consultation with the district's district-level and campus-level planning and decision-making committees.
The bill requires the commissioner, not later than December 1 of 2012 and 2014, to submit a report to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and chair of each standing legislative committee with primary jurisdiction over public education on any action taken regarding the appraisal and professional development system or any recommendations for legislative action regarding school principal training, appraisal, professional development, or compensation.