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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2197
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE JACOBS.
4137H.01I 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Section A. Section 168.410, RSMo, is repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu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;
10 (2) All evaluations shall be :
11 (a) Maintained in the respective administrator's personnel file at the of fice of the
12 board of education of the school district. A copy of each evaluation shall be provided to the
13 person being evaluated and to the appropriate administrator;
14 (b) Conducted using res earch -based evaluation tools that align with best
15 practices; and
16 (c) Based on multiple rating categories that include student gr owth and
17 assessment data as a factor in performance ratings; 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.
18 (3) The state department of elementary and secondary education shall provide
19 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 r enewal or nonr enewal no later than February
6 fifteenth in the year the contract expir es. If written notice is not given by the deadline,
7 such failur e on the part of the school district constitutes reem ployment on the same
8 terms and in the same building-level administrator position as those pro vided in the
9 contract of the curr ent fiscal year for an additional one-year period.
10 (2) No building-level administrator's contract shall be nonr enewed without such
11 building-level administrator being evaluated at least once in the contract year as
12 r equir ed under section 168.410.
13 (3) A building-level administrator whose contract is nonr enewed shall be
14 pr ovided with written cause in accordance with subsection 3 of this section.
15 (4) (a) A school district shall pr esent a contract to each building-level
16 administrator whose contract has been r enewed.
17 (b) The building-level administrator shall accept or rej ect such contract in
18 writing within fifteen business days after recei ving the contract.
19 3. (1) A building-level administrator's contract shall not be nonr enewed except
20 for cause. For purposes of this subsection, "for cause" includes, but is not limited to:
21 (a) Unsatisfactory performance as determined thr ough the annual evaluation
22 pr ocess req uired in section 168.410;
23 (b) V iolation of school district policies or state laws; or
24 (c) Conduct detrimental to the operation of the school district or a public school
25 in such district.
26 (2) Any building-level administrator reem ployed for five consecutive years
27 within a school district shall have the right to requ est a written statement of reas ons for
28 nonr enewal of such building-level administrator's contract within ten business days
29 after re ceiving such nonr enewal notice. The school district shall pr ovide the reas ons for
30 such nonr enewal in writing within ten business days of rece ipt of the r equest.
31 (3) A building-level administrator who r eceives such nonr enewal notice has the
32 right to:
33 (a) Request a closed-session hearing before the school board within ten business
34 days of r eceiving the notice;
35 (b) Pr esent evidence, testimony , and cr oss-examine witnesses; and
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36 (c) Be repr esented by counsel if desir ed.
37 (4) The school board shall issue a final decision within thirty business days after
38 the hearing.
39 4. (1) A building-level administrator dismissed during an active contract term is
40 entitled to due pr ocess including, but not limited to:
41 (a) Written notice of the r eason for dismissal;
42 (b) The opportunity to pr esent the building-level administrator's case before the
43 school board; and
44 (c) A hearing conducted in compliance with state statutes and pr ocedural due
45 pr ocess rights.
46 (2) A building-level administrator may file an appeal if nonr enewal or dismissal
47 violates:
48 (a) State law governing building-level administrator contracts; or
49 (b) School district policies r egarding performance evaluations and contract
50 r enewals.
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