Bills › 91st General Assembly
Modifying provisions related to the membership of teacher quality committees
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 21, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Under current rules, teacher members of quality committees are chosen by their local teachers' union or by school administrators if no union exists. This change would require school district or agency administrators to appoint all teacher members of these committees. This affects how school districts and area education agencies set up their teacher quality programs.1
Read the official explanation
This bill modifies provisions related to the membership of teacher quality committees. School districts and area education agencies are eligible to receive moneys appropriated for purposes specified in Code chapter 284 (teacher performance, compensation, and career development) if the appropriate board applies to the department of education to participate in the student achievement and teacher quality program and submits a written statement declaring the school’s or agency’s willingness to, among other things, create a teacher quality committee. _____ organization if one exists, and if not, by the school district’s or area education agency’s administration. The bill modifies this provision to provide that the teacher members of the teacher quality committee are to be appointed by the school district’s or area education agency’s administration.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 21, 2025. On January 29, 2025 it recommended passage.
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