PRINTER'S NO. 1712
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1333
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY McCARTER, HILL-EVANS, LONGIETTI, CALTAGIRONE,
SCHLOSSBERG, ROEBUCK, A. DAVIS, FREEMAN, FRANKEL, DONATUCCI,
MILLARD, CIRESI, CARROLL, D. MILLER, McNEILL, T. DAVIS,
STURLA, DeLUCA, MALAGARI, GOODMAN AND MADDEN, MAY 6, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 6, 2019
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
act relating to the public school system, including certain
provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
laws relating thereto," in professional employees, further
providing for rating system and providing for evaluation of
charter school entity educators.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1123(e), (i), (n) and (o)(2) of the act
of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School
Code of 1949, are amended to read:
Section 1123. Rating System.--* * *
(e) Notwithstanding subsections (b), (c) and (d),
professional employes and temporary professional employes
serving as classroom teachers, principals and nonteaching
professional employes may be evaluated through the use of a
rating tool developed by an individual school district,
intermediate unit [or], area vocational-technical school,
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charter school or cyber charter school that the department has
approved as meeting or exceeding the measures of effectiveness
established under this section.
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(i) All school districts, intermediate units [and], area
vocational-technical schools, charter schools and cyber charter
schools shall provide to the department the aggregate results of
all professional employe and temporary professional employe,
principal and nonteaching professional employe evaluations.
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(n) The requirements of this section shall apply to all
school districts, intermediate units [and], area vocational-
technical schools, charter schools and cyber charter schools.
(o) For purposes of this section:
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(2) The term "chief school administrator" shall include
individuals who are employed as a school district
superintendent, an executive director of an intermediate unit
[or], a chief school administrator of an area vocational-
technical school or a chief executive officer of a charter
school or cyber charter school.
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Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 1123.1. Evaluation of Charter School Entity
Educators.--(a) Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, all
educators teaching in a charter school entity shall be evaluated
using an approved rating tool developed under section 1123.
(b) The Department of Education shall develop, issue and
transmit to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in
the Pennsylvania Bulletin a rating tool for educators teaching
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in a charter school entity that is consistent with section 1123
and includes the weights given to the multiple measures of
student performance contained in section 1123(b)(1)(ii).
(c) As used in this section, the term "charter school
entity" shall mean a charter school or a cyber charter school.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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