BILL · 2011–12 SESSION

SB 5959: K-12 educator employment

Regarding educator employment and compensation.

Summary

Additional topics for the group to consider and include in its report to the Legislature are as follows: how a new compensation system should reward education, experience, performance-evaluation measures, high-demand fields, and National Board bonus certification; how to use school-based incentives to reward school-wide improvements; and ways to eliminate or phase out grandfathered salaries.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5959), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to K-12 educator employment, including compensation and building assignment;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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SB 5959 (2019–20) Livestock identification · Enacted · Chapter 92, Laws of 2019
SB 5959 (2017–18) Capital gains tax · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5959 (2015–16) Natural resources management · Did not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House
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SB 5959 (2009–10) State need grant program · Did not pass · died in committee