| HP0317 LD 391 |
First Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number H-52, Sponsored by
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LR 1192 Item 2 |
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Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 1. 20-A MRSA §13802, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2009, c. 646, §2, is further amended to read:
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 2 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 5 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "developed" and inserting the following: ' developed proposed'
Amend the bill in section 2 in section 3 in the 2nd line (page 1, line 14 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "developed" and inserting the following: ' developed proposed'
Amend the bill in section 2 in section 3 by striking out the last paragraph (page 1, lines 27 to 31 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘The stakeholder group shall review the models developed proposed by the Department of Education for the evaluation of the professional performance of teachers and principals and shall approve models no later than July 1, 2011. The Department of Education may not finally adopt put forth a model that is not approved by a majority vote of the stakeholder group pursuant to this section.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
summary
This amendment clarifies the role of the Department of Education in regard to teacher and principal evaluation models. The department shall propose, rather than establish, models for evaluation of the professional performance of teachers and principals. The amendment clarifies the role of the stakeholder group by indicating that approval of a model is by a majority vote of the group. The amendment also removes the ending date originally established for the stakeholder group to review models proposed by the department.