What’s in the bill

SB 1108- Labor & Entitlements

At least 50% of teacher and administrator evaluations based on growth in student achievement as of 2012-2013 school year
Parent input on teacher and school-based administrator evaluations
New contracts:

Category A- Limited one year for first or greater years of continuous employment
Category B- Limited two-year contract for four or more years of continuous employment

Phasing out tenure
Teachers who already have tenure grandfathered in
Declaration of financial emergency is no longer necessary because this bill makes the flexibility permanent
Seniority eliminated as a criterion in reduction in force
Building principals have the authority to select new staff at school level
Liability insurance options disclosed to all employees
Repeal of Early Retirement Incentive Program
Local education organization must represent majority of employees to negotiate
Elimination of “evergreen”
Negotiations must be in open session
Limits collective bargaining to compensation and benefits

No state funding for teachers without valid certificates
School board must ratify/nullify leave of absence requests
State law supersedes local agreements
Probation period defined by school board for those holding grandfathered renewable contracts
Supplemental contracts providing extra day assignment shall provide the same right to due process as the main contract the teacher is currently working under
Administrative employees not counted towards meeting 50% threshold for union representation
Eliminates one of the two requirements for unions to verify 50% of membership each year
Compensation shall reflect the last best good faith offer if no agreement is reached by June 10th or the local education organization fails to ratify the agreement
Emergency clause

Bonuses to certificated employees for student growth and achievement. Payments beginning in Fiscal Year 2013.
5% of certificated district office staff’s pay is tied to student growth
Bonuses to certificated instructional employees in hard-to-fill positions. Payments beginning in Fiscal Year 2014.
Bonuses to certificated instructional employees for taking on leadership positions
National Board Certification payments for certifications earned prior to July 1, 2011 that were repealed in SB 1184

Fiscal report card for every school district and public charter school on SDE website
School districts must make their annual budgets and master agreements readily available online
Fractional Average Daily Attendance enacted beginning in 2012-2013 school year
School districts may use up to 15% of instructional staff allowance to pay for virtual education or to pay another district for instructional services
MTI Course will count as transcripted credit
Raise minimum teacher salary to $30,000
Elimination of state funding for National Board Certification payments. Districts will pay National Board Certification through pay-for-performance leadership awards
Reallocation of salary-based apportionment

IDLA funding floor of $3.5 million for FY13 and FY14
Funding for math and science graduation requirement
Advanced classroom technology- Wi-Fi, hardware, software, and professional development
Task force to study and develop plans for the implementation of one-to-one mobile computing devices and online courses
Dual credit courses for students completing state high school graduation requirements before their senior year
Parents can enroll students in an online course with or without the permission of the school district or charter school
Mobile computing devices for all high school teachers beginning in 2012-2013 school year
Mobile computing devices will be provided to high school students in school beginning in 2013-2014 school year
Professional development on use of mobile computing devices and integration into curriculum
The State Board of Education will consider an online course requirement for the Class of 2016 and digital citizenship standards
Colleges and universities can open charter high schools

Funded high school graduation requirement for Idaho high school juniors to take college entrance exams, such as ACT, SAT or Compass
Extra funding for math and science graduation requirement
Retained Math Initiative, Reading Initiative, remediation, and LEP funding
No maintenance funding match

Spending authority for end of course assessments ($250,000) and statewide longitudinal data system ($900,000)

Restoring experience portion of salary grid
Restoring maintenance funding
Removing the requirement that district superintendents have a certification in addition to a bachelor’s degree
Severance packages for positions affected by declining enrollment with elimination of the 99 % protection
Changing the divisor/student-teacher ratio
Statewide purchasing contract requirement
Consolidation of school districts
Elimination of kindergarten (Thayn bill)