Bill > HB391

This bill amends Louisiana's teacher and administrator evaluation law to modify how student growth is measured and factored into performance assessments. Specifically, the bill prohibits including test scores or data for students who have ten or more absences (whether excused or unexcused, consecutive or non-consecutive) in a school semester when calculating a teacher's evaluation. The bill also clarifies that for such students, credit recovery, academic credit, and attendance credit cannot be considered in evaluations. Additionally, the bill maintains existing provisions that require 50% of evaluations to be based on student achievement growth, with 35% specifically derived from a value-added assessment model. The legislation further requires that before using student learning targets in an evaluation, the teacher and evaluator must discuss these targets in a meeting, and any targets not discussed cannot be used in the assessment. The bill also preserves a provision allowing the board to invalidate student growth data in cases of natural disasters or unexpected events that cause school closures, ensuring that teachers are not unfairly penalized for circumstances beyond their control.

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https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=25rs&b=HB391&sbi=y