An Act Concerning Models for Teacher and Principal Evaluations
Maine Legislature, Session 125, LD 0391
Committee: Education and Cultural Affairs
Sponsors: STRANG BURGESS, ALFOND, JOHNSON, LOVEJOY, NELSON, RICHARDSON, COURTNEY, LANGLEY, RAYE, WOODBURY
Amends: 20-A MRSA §13802

Legislative Document 
No. 391 
H.P. 317 
House of Representatives, February 8, 2011 
An Act Concerning Models for Teacher and Principal Evaluations 
Reference to the Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs suggested and ordered 
printed. 
HEATHER J.R. PRIEST 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative STRANG BURGESS of Cumberland. 
Cosponsored by Senator ALFOND of Cumberland and 
Representatives: JOHNSON of Greenville, LOVEJOY of Portland, NELSON of Falmouth, 
RICHARDSON of Carmel, Senators: COURTNEY of York, LANGLEY of Hancock, 
President RAYE of Washington, WOODBURY of Cumberland. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  20-A MRSA §13802, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2009, c. 646, §2, is 
further amended to read: 
2.  Use of models.  Each school administrative unit within the State may select and 
incorporate one or more of the models developed pursuant to subsection 1 for the 
evaluation of the professional performance of a teacher or principal employed by that 
school administrative unit.  If a school administrative unit wants to include student 
assessments as part of teacher evaluations, that school administrative unit must use one of 
the models developed pursuant to subsection 1. Nothing in this section prevents a school 
administrative unit from developing and adopting its own models for teacher and 
principal evaluation. 
Sec. 2.  PL 2009, c. 646, §3 is amended to read: 
Sec. 3.  Review of models.  The Commissioner of Education shall convene a 
stakeholder group to review the models developed by the Department of Education 
pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 13802 for the evaluation of 
the professional performance of teachers and principals who are employed by a school 
administrative unit within the State.  The Commissioner of Education, or the 
commissioner’s designee, shall serve as a member of the stakeholder group.  The 
commissioner shall invite representatives of the following educational associations that 
are appointed by their respective associations to serve as members of the stakeholder 
group: 
1.  The Maine Education Association; 
2.  The Maine Principals' Association; 
3.  The Maine School Boards Association; 
4.  The Maine School Superintendents Association; and 
5.  The Maine Administrators of Services for Children with Disabilities. 
The stakeholder group shall review the models developed by the Department of 
Education for the evaluation of the professional performance of teachers and principals 
and shall approve models no later than July 1, 2011.  The Department of Education may 
not finally adopt a model that is not approved by the stakeholder group pursuant to this 
section. 
SUMMARY 
This bill provides that the laws that require the Department of Education to establish 
models for the evaluation of the professional performance of teachers and principals do 
not prevent a school administrative unit from developing and adopting its own models for 
teacher and principal evaluation.  It also provides that the stakeholder group convened by 
the Commissioner of Education to review models for the evaluation of the professional 
performance of teachers and principals is charged with reviewing only those models 
established by the Department of Education.