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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NOS. 2126 & 2197
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
4312H.03C JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o repeal section 168.410, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to
school building administrators.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 168.410, RSMo, is repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu
2 thereof, to be known as sections 168.410 and 168.41 1, to read as follows:
168.410. 1. As used in this section and section 168.41 1, "building-level
2 administrator" means a school official who supervises or evaluates other licensed staff.
3 A building-level administrator may be a principal or an assistant principal.
4 2. School administrators [ and ] , school district superintendents , and building-level
5 administrators shall be evaluated in the following manner:
6 (1) The board of education of each school district shall cause a comprehensive
7 performance-based evaluation for each administrator employed by the district. Such
8 evaluation shall be ongoing , specific, and of suf ficient specificity and frequency to provide
9 for demonstrated standards of competency and academic ability . A building-level
10 administrator shall be evaluated no less than once per contract year ;
11 (2) All evaluations shall be :
12 (a) Maintained in the respective administrator's personnel file at the of fice of the
13 board of education of the school district. A copy of each evaluation shall be provided to the
14 person being evaluated and to the appropriate administrator; and
15 (b) Conducted using res earch -based evaluation tools that align with best
16 practices;
17 (3) All evaluations may be based on multiple rating categories as determined by
18 the governing board; and
EXPLANA TION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is
intended to be omitted from the law . Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
19 [ (3) ] (4) The state department of elementary and secondary education shall provide
20 suggested procedures for the evaluations performed under this section.
168.41 1. 1. As used in this section, "nonren ewal" or "nonrene wed" means, when
2 r eferring to a contract of a building-level administrator , such contract is not extended
3 beyond the curr ent term pr ovided for in such contract.
4 2. (1) Each school district employing a building-level administrator shall
5 pr ovide written notification of contract ren ewal or nonr enewal no later than Mar ch first
6 in the year the contract expir es.
7 (2) No building-level administrator's contract shall be ren ewed or nonr enewed
8 prior to such building-level administrator being evaluated as requ ired under section
9 168.410.
10 (3) (a) A school district shall pr esent a contract to each building-level
11 administrator whose contract has been r enewed.
12 (b) The building-level administrator shall accept or rej ect such contract in
13 writing within fifteen business days after recei ving the contract.
14 3. (1) Any building-level administrator shall have the right to r equest a written
15 statement of reas ons for nonr enewal of such building-level administrator's contract
16 within ten business days after receiv ing such nonr enewal notice. The school district
17 shall pr ovide the re asons for such nonr enewal in writing within ten business days of
18 r eceipt of the requ est.
19 (2) A building-level administrator who r eceives such nonr enewal notice has the
20 right to a closed-session hearing befor e the school board within ten business days of
21 r eceiving the notice.
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