South Carolina General Assembly
107th Session, 1987-1988

Bill 1382

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               1382
Ratification Number:       591
Act Number                 523
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                   Evaluation and training of school
                           principals
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(A523, R591, S1382)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-24-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO STANDARDS FOR AND EVALUATION AND TRAINING OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR AN EVALUATION ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS INSTEAD OF ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS, DELETE THE REFERENCE TO ANNUAL EVALUATIONS, PROVIDE THAT A SATISFACTORY RATING ON AN EVALUATION IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR REEMPLOYMENT, PROVIDE FOR TRAINING CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY TO BE PROVIDED AT NO COST TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND FOR EVALUATION AND VALIDATION ONE YEAR AFTER A TRAINING PROGRAM IS COMPLETED.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Evaluation and training of School principals

SECTION 1. Section 59-24-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-24-40. The State Board of Education shall adopt criteria and minimum statewide performance standards for the evaluation of all principals. The State Department of Education shall select or cause to be developed and the State Board of Education shall adopt the evaluation instruments necessary to measure the satisfactory minimum performance of all principals based on those criteria and standards. School districts shall use the instruments, standards, and procedures adopted by the State Board of Education for the purpose of evaluating all principals at least once every three years. The State Department of Education shall ensure that instruments and standards are appropriately administered by validating that the evaluations have been conducted as required. The validation of evaluations must be conducted so that approximately one-fourth of the validations are conducted each year. Nothing in this section limits or prohibits school districts from setting additional and more stringent standards for the evaluation of principals. A satisfactory rating on the evaluation is one of several criteria for overall performance evaluation and is not sufficient for reemployment as a principal by a school district. Any principal whose performance on an evaluation is rated unsatisfactory shall complete a training program approved by the State Board of Education and conducted by the South Carolina Department of Education's Leadership Academy or the local school district Training conducted by the academy must be provided at no cost to the local school districts. One year after a principal completes a training program his performance must be evaluated and validated in accordance with the provisions of this section.

The provisions of this section must be implemented according to the following schedule:

1984-85 Identification of criteria

1985-86 Development and testing of instruments, procedures, and standards in selected districts 1986-87 Field testing of instruments procedures, and standards in selected districts

1987-88 Statewide implementation."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.