House Committee Roll Call Votes

Amends the bill to provide that (1) a temporary professional employee will be considered a professional employee if the employee's work is certified as satisfactory during the last four months of the fifth year of service, and must be given a regular employment contract after five years of satisfactory service; (2) a school district must enter into a written contract with a professional employee after five years of satisfactory service and receipt of overall employment ratings of "distinguished" or "proficient"; (3) a school district may not use costs as the sole factor in determining which professional employees to suspend; (4) a school district must suspend professional employees in the following order within their area of certification: first, those rated "failing," second, those rated "needs improvement," third, those rated "proficient," and finally, those rated "distinguished," with seniority used to determine suspensions among employees with the same rating; (5) the highest rated professional employees must be reinstated first, with seniority used to determine reinstatements among employees with the same rating; (6) a new collective bargaining agreement may not conflict with the new provisions; and (7) the provisions related to new collective bargaining agreements take effect immediately, with all other provisions taking effect July 1, 2015.