Date: 04/15/2015

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB15-003

SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Postpone Senate Bill 15-003 indefinitely. The motiPASS



11:23 AM -- SB15-003

Senator Hill, chair, welcomed the committee members to the meeting. Senator Merrifield, sponsor, presented Senate Bill 15-003 which was on the table for action only. The bill concerns the requirement that fifty percent of an educator's performance evaluation be determined by student academic growth. Senator Merrifield talked about the negative impacts of Senate Bill 10-191 and discussed how this bill seeks to rectify those impacts. He talked about his personal experiences as a teacher and about ways in which he would like to see a fair teacher evaluation system in the future. He asked the committee to postpone the bill indefinitely.
BILL:SB15-003
TIME: 11:33:02 AM
MOVED:Merrifield
MOTION:Postpone Senate Bill 15-003 indefinitely. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Holbert
Yes
Johnston
Yes
Kerr
Yes
Merrifield
Yes
Neville T.
Yes
Todd
Yes
Woods
Yes
Marble
Yes
Hill
Yes
Final YES: 9 NO: 0 EXC: 0 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS