Current Status Bill Number:416 Ratification Number:62 Act Number:50 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19970226 Primary Sponsor:Education Committee SED 04 All Sponsors:Education Committee Drafted Document Number:gjk\20167sd.97 Date Bill Passed both Bodies:19970425 Governor's Action:S Date of Governor's Action:19970521 Subject:Principals, evaluation, performance standards, developmental training; Schools and School Districts
Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ _______________________________________ _______ ____________ ------ 19970604 Act No. A50 ------ 19970521 Signed by Governor ------ 19970515 Ratified R62 House 19970425 Read third time, enrolled for ratification House 19970424 Read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on the next Legislative day House 19970416 Committee report: Favorable 21 HEPW House 19970311 Introduced, read first time, 21 HEPW referred to Committee Senate 19970306 Read third time, sent to House Senate 19970305 Read second time Senate 19970226 Introduced, read first time, placed on Calendar without referenceView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
(A50, R62, S416)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-24-40, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EVALUATION OF AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, SO AS TO FURTHER PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS ARE EVALUATED AND PROVIDED DEVELOPMENTAL TRAINING.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Evaluation and training of principals
SECTION 1. Section 59-24-40 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-24-40. For the purposes of assisting, developing, and evaluating principals, the State Board of Education, through the State Department of Education, shall adopt criteria and statewide performance standards which shall serve as a foundation for all processes used for assisting, developing, and evaluating principals employed in the school districts of this State. The State Department of Education shall select or cause to be developed and the State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations for the evaluation of the performance of all principals based on those criteria and standards. School districts shall use the 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 the criteria and standards are valid and reliable and are appropriately administered. Evaluation results must be provided in writing and a professional development plan established based on the principal's strengths and weaknesses and taking into consideration the school's strategic plan for improvement for the purpose of improving the principal's performance. Any principal whose performance on an evaluation is rated unsatisfactory must be evaluated again within one 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.
The State Department of Education shall review the implementation of the principal evaluation in the school districts for the purpose of providing technical assistance and ensuring the evaluations are appropriately administered.
The provisions of this section must be implemented according to the following schedule:
1997-98 school year: Identification of criteria and standards;
1998-99 school year: Development and testing of criteria, standards, and procedures in selected districts;
1999-2000 school year: Statewide implementation."
Criteria for evaluation
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the 1997-98 school year and the 1998-99 school year, the performance evaluation of principals, at a minimum, must be performed using the State Board of Education adopted criteria; however, districts may use an evaluation instrument other than the instrument adopted by the State Board of Education.
Time effective
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
Approved the 21st day of May, 1997.