HB 1410: Public education programs

Summary

• Adopts definitions, requirements, and financing formulas for a Program of Basic Education and an Instructional Program that the Legislature deems complies with Article IX of the State Constitution.
• Includes within the requirements; expanded minimum instructional hours, instruction for 24 credits for high school graduation, a Program of Early Learning for at-risk children; and supplemental instruction for students who are underachieving, non-English proficient, and in special education.
• Sets forth financing formulas based on a prototypical school model and specifies numeric amounts as of the 2016-17 school year for such inputs as class size, types of school staff, central office administration, and allocations for maintenance, supplies, and operating costs.
• Provides for phased-in implementation of the requirements and financing formulas beginning in the 2011-12 school year, with full implementation required by 2016-17.
• Revises teacher certification to be based on performance standards and an evaluation from certified peer-evaluators and requires employment evaluations and mentoring programs for new teachers to be aligned with the performance standards, all beginning in the 2012-13 school year.
• Requires development of a new compensation system and state salary schedule for Certificated Instructional Staff hired after the 2012-13 school year or who transfer to the new system.

From the House Bill Analysis 2009 (HB 1410), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗