Section 515 – Hearings before district board or hearing officers — Rights of the board and the employee — Subpoenas — Appeals.
Effective 5/5/2021 53G-11-515. Hearings before district board or hearing officers — Rights of the board and the employee — Subpoenas — Appeals. (1) (a) Hearings are held under this part before the school board or before hearing officers selected by the school board to conduct the hearings and make recommendations concerning findings. (b) The school […]
Section 504.1 – Waiver of employee evaluation requirement.
Effective 4/22/2020 53G-11-504.1. Waiver of employee evaluation requirement. (1) For the 2019-20 school year, a school district is not required to evaluate or report the performance of each school district employee in accordance with rules of the state board adopted in accordance with this part. (2) This section supersedes any conflicting provisions of Utah law. […]
Section 505 – State board rules — Reporting to Legislature.
Effective 5/5/2021 53G-11-505. State board rules — Reporting to Legislature. Subject to Sections 53G-11-506, 53G-11-507, 53G-11-508, 53G-11-509, 53G-11-510, and 53G-11-511, rules adopted by the state board under Section 53G-11-504 shall: (1) provide general guidelines, requirements, and procedures for the development and implementation of employee evaluations; (2) establish required components and allow for optional components of […]
Section 506 – Establishment of educator evaluation program — Joint committee.
Effective 5/14/2019 53G-11-506. Establishment of educator evaluation program — Joint committee. (1) A local school board shall develop an educator evaluation program in consultation with its joint committee. (2) The joint committee described in Subsection (1) shall consist of an equal number of classroom teachers, parents, and administrators appointed by the local school board. (3) […]
Section 507 – Components of educator evaluation program.
Effective 5/14/2019 53G-11-507. Components of educator evaluation program. (1) A local school board in consultation with a joint committee established in Section 53G-11-506 shall adopt a reliable and valid educator evaluation program that evaluates educators based on educator professional standards established by the state board and includes: (a) a systematic annual evaluation of all provisional, […]
Section 508 – Summative evaluation timelines — Review of summative evaluations.
Effective 5/12/2020 53G-11-508. Summative evaluation timelines — Review of summative evaluations. (1) The person responsible for administering an educator’s summative evaluation shall: (a) at least 15 days before an educator’s first evaluation: (i) notify the educator of the evaluation process; and (ii) give the educator a copy of the evaluation instrument, if an instrument is […]
Section 501.5 – Legislative findings.
Effective 5/14/2019 53G-11-501.5. Legislative findings. (1) The Legislature finds that the effectiveness of public educators can be improved and enhanced by providing specific feedback and support for improvement through a systematic, fair, and competent annual evaluation and remediation of public educators whose performance is inadequate. (2) The state board and each local school board shall […]
Section 502 – Applicability.
Effective 1/24/2018 53G-11-502. Applicability. Reserved Enacted by Chapter 3, 2018 General Session
Section 503 – Career employee status for provisional employees — Career status in the event of change of position — Continuation of probationary status when position changes — Temporary status for extra duty assignments.
Effective 5/8/2018 53G-11-503. Career employee status for provisional employees — Career status in the event of change of position — Continuation of probationary status when position changes — Temporary status for extra duty assignments. (1) (a) A provisional employee must work for a school district on at least a half-time basis for three consecutive years […]
Section 504 – Evaluation of employee performance.
Effective 5/12/2020 53G-11-504. Evaluation of employee performance. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a local school board shall require that the performance of each school district employee be evaluated annually in accordance with rules of the state board adopted in accordance with this part and Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act. (2) […]