There are no mandatory licensed evaluators on either committee. While the actual evaluation and criteria are left to the school district, all state oversight can be controlled by the teachers. The governor and Senate's bills reduce the probationary period for new teachers from three years to two years. This has been done to align with the provisional license. Again, this is confusion over licensure vs. employment.
Probationary status is an employment issue.
A probationary teacher released by the school district still maintains his or her license and is free to find another teaching job. Licensure and employment are two separate decisions based on two separate purposes, reliant on two separate laws, with two separate criteria. It needs to remain that way. The major omission of the bills, other than adequate funding, continues to be the lack of language to assist school districts and teachers transitioning from the current teacher salary schedule and licensure status to the one outlined in the bill.