Title: Instructional Personnel in Public Schools

Summary: Providing that a teacher who is rated as effective or highly effective may retain his or her rating for 3 years upon volunteering at or transferring to a high-need or low-performing school, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to instructional personnel in public schools; amending s. 1012.34, F.S.; providing that a teacher who is rated as effective or highly effective may retain his or her rating for years upon volunteering at or transferring to a high-need or low performing school; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Present subsection (8) of section 1012.34, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (9), and a new subsection (8) is added to that section, to read: 1012.34 Personnel evaluation procedures and criteria.  (8)  PERFORMANCE RATING RETENTION. A teacher who is rated as effective or highly effective and who volunteers at a high-need or low-performing school or who is transferred to a high-need or low-performing school may retain his or her rating for years upon volunteering at or transferring to the high-need or low performing school. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.