§ 115C-332 – School personnel criminal history checks.
115C-332. School personnel criminal history checks. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Criminal history" means a county, state, or federal criminal history of conviction of a crime, whether a misdemeanor or a felony, that indicates the employee (i) poses a threat to the physical safety of students or personnel, or (ii) has demonstrated that […]
§ 115C-332.1 – Sex offender registries checks for certain contractual personnel.
115C-332.1. Sex offender registries checks for certain contractual personnel. (a) For purposes of this section, the term "contractual personnel" includes any individual or entity under contract with the local board of education whose contractual job involves direct interaction with students as part of the job. For purposes of this section, the term "contractual personnel" does […]
§ 115C-333 – Evaluation of licensed employees including certain superintendents; mandatory improvement plans; State board notification upon dismissal of employees.
115C-333. Evaluation of licensed employees including certain superintendents; mandatory improvement plans; State board notification upon dismissal of employees. (a) Annual Evaluations; Low-Performing Schools. – Local school administrative units shall evaluate at least once each year all licensed employees assigned to a school that has been identified as low-performing. The evaluation shall occur early enough during […]
§ 115C-333.1 – Evaluation of teachers in schools not identified as low-performing; mandatory improvement plans; State Board notification upon dismissal of teachers.
115C-333.1. Evaluation of teachers in schools not identified as low-performing; mandatory improvement plans; State Board notification upon dismissal of teachers. (a) Annual Evaluations. – All teachers who are assigned to schools that are not designated as low-performing and who have not been employed for at least three consecutive years shall be observed at least three […]
§ 115C-333.2 – Teacher evaluation reports.
115C-333.2. Teacher evaluation reports. Each local school administrative unit shall ensure that individual teachers are provided access to school-level value-added data, the teacher’s own value-added data, when applicable, and the teacher’s evaluation dashboard through the Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS). The principal of each school shall notify teachers at least annually when EVAAS data has […]
§ 115C-334 – Assessment teams.
115C-334. Assessment teams. The State Board shall develop guidelines for local boards to use to create assessment teams. A local board shall assign an assessment team to every low-performing school in the local school administrative unit that has not received an assistance team. Local boards shall ensure that assessment team members are trained in the […]
§ 115C-335 – Development of performance standards and criteria for licensed employees; training and remediation programs.
115C-335. Development of performance standards and criteria for licensed employees; training and remediation programs. (a) Development of Performance Standards. – The State Board, in consultation with local boards of education, shall revise and develop uniform performance standards and criteria to be used in evaluating certified public school employees, including school administrators. These standards and criteria […]
§ 115C-335.5 – Policies addressing harassment of school employees; protection against retaliation for reporting harassment.
115C-335.5. Policies addressing harassment of school employees; protection against retaliation for reporting harassment. (a) Each local board of education may adopt a policy addressing the sexual harassment of local board employees by students, other local board employees, or school board members. The policy may, at a minimum, set out (i) the consequences of sexually harassing […]
§ 115C-335.9 – Equal access for all education employee associations.
115C-335.9. Equal access for all education employee associations. (a) As used in this section, the following definitions apply: (1) "Education employee association" includes teacher associations, teacher organizations, and classified education employees’ associations. (2) "School" means a charter school or a school operated by a local school administrative unit, the State Board of Education, or a […]
§ 115C-326.5 – Job sharing by school employees.
115C-326.5. Job sharing by school employees. (a) The General Assembly finds that there is a shortage of qualified public school employees available in certain geographical areas of the State. The elimination of administrative and fiscal limitations on job-sharing arrangements would make employment in a public school an attractive option for well-qualified persons who do not […]