Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 403 (2015GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Eliason, S.

Final action

Governor Signed 3/31/2015

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Gary R. Herbert

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• extends the pilot online school survey program for an additional year;
• amends the repeal date related to the pilot online school survey; and
• makes technical changes.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

ONLINE EDUCATION SURVEY PROGRAM AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Steve Eliason
Senate Sponsor: 
Aaron Osmond
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill amends provisions related to the pilot online school survey program.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ extends the pilot online school survey program for an additional year;
▸ amends the repeal date related to the pilot online school survey; and
▸ makes technical changes.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
This bill appropriates in fiscal year 2016:
▸ to the State Board of Education - Utah State Office of Education - Initiative
Programs as a one-time appropriation:
• from the Education Fund, $80,000.
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
53A-1-411
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 280
63I-2-253
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2014, Chapters 102, 189, 372, and 393
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
53A-1-411
 is amended to read:
53A-1-411.
Pilot online school survey program.
(1) As used in this section, "board" means the State Board of Education.
(2) (a) Beginning with the 2012-13 school year, the State Board of Education shall
establish a [
three-year
] pilot online school survey [
system
] 
program
 in consultation with
representatives of local school boards, charter school governing boards, school district and
school administrators, teachers, and parents.
(b) The board shall develop the technology, or contract with a provider selected
through a request for proposals process to provide the technology, for the pilot online school
survey [
system
] 
program
 to be used by the board, a school district, or a school.
(3) The purposes of the pilot online school survey [
system
] 
program
 are to:
(a) provide information to school districts and schools on how to better serve and meet
the needs of students and parents;
(b) allow school districts and schools to monitor progress of school improvement
efforts; and
(c) provide data that may be used as part of a school district's or school's educator
evaluation system and inform decisions about employment and professional development.
(4) The pilot online school survey [
system
] 
program
 shall include:
(a) age appropriate surveys for students to evaluate each of their teachers;
(b) age appropriate surveys for students to evaluate their school's administrators;
(c) a survey for parents to evaluate their children's teachers;
(d) a survey for parents to evaluate their children's schools and administrators,
including whether the school or administrators solicited parent involvement in the school;
(e) a survey for parents to self-evaluate their participation in their children's education,
including attendance at parent teacher conferences, involvement in the school, and involvement
in their children's homework;
(f) a survey for teachers to evaluate their school, including safety and security of the
school;
(g) a survey for teachers to evaluate their school's administrators and, if applicable,
their school district's administrators;
(h) statistically valid and reliable measurement tools; and
(i) survey questions that represent information that a student, parent, or teacher has
direct knowledge of.
(5) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (5)(b), the pilot online school survey 
program
instruments shall be uniform statewide to allow for comparison of:
(i) survey results statewide; and
(ii) survey results from year to year.
(b) The State Board of Education may allow a school participating in the pilot 
online
school survey
 program to create a supplement to the pilot online school survey 
program
instrument that includes items specific to the school.
(6) (a) The board shall select a sampling of schools to participate in and administer the
pilot online school survey 
program
 to students, parents, and teachers.
(b) The sampling of urban and rural schools selected by the board shall:
(i) represent at least 5% of total state enrollment in public schools; and
(ii) include at least:
(A) eight elementary schools;
(B) eight junior high or middle schools;
(C) eight high schools; and
(D) five charter schools.
(c) The schools selected in Subsection (6)(b)(ii) shall be selected from at least five
school districts.
(d) Except as provided in Subsection (6)(e), a participating school shall survey all of
the students enrolled in the participating school.
(e) A participating school shall survey:
(i) students in grades 1 and 2 if considered appropriate;
(ii) students in grades 3 through 12; and
(iii) parents and teachers of students in kindergarten through grade 12.
(7) (a) A participating school shall, annually for an elementary school or semi-annually
for a secondary school:
(i) administer online student surveys of teachers for each of a student's teachers;
(ii) make available to parents online access to surveys, which they may complete for
each 
of
 their children's teachers and schools; and
(iii) make available to teachers online access to a survey of their school, which they
may complete.
(b) In accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the
State Board of Education shall make rules establishing procedures for administering or making
available online the surveys specified in Subsection (7)(a), including rules to ensure the privacy
and protection of individual educator survey results.
(8) The survey data shall be available to:
(a) the State Board of Education for the purpose of analyzing and aggregating the
survey data; and
(b) school district and school administrators for the purposes stated in Subsection [
(2)
]
(3)
.
[
(9) On or before the November meeting of the Education Interim Committee in 2012,
the State Board of Education shall report:
]
[
(a) the names of the participating schools;
]
[
(b) the identity of the provider selected through the request for proposals process; and
]
[
(c) the progress of the pilot online school survey system.
]
[
(10)
] 
(9)
 On or before the November meeting of the Education Interim Committee in
[
and 2014
] 
, the State Board of Education shall report:
(a) the response rate of students, parents, and teachers in each of the participating
schools; and
(b) the reliability of the pilot online school survey [
system
] 
program
 as an evaluation
tool.
Section 2. Section 
63I-2-253
 is amended to read:
63I-2-253.
 Repeal dates -- Titles 53, 53A, and 53B.
(1) Section 
53A-1-402.7
 is repealed July 1, 2014.
(2) Section 
53A-1-403.5
 is repealed July 1, 2017.
(3) Subsection 
53A-1-410
(5) is repealed July 1, 2015.
(4) Section 
53A-1-411
 is repealed July 1, [
] 
.
(5) Section 
53A-1a-513.5
 is repealed July 1, 2017.
(6) Title 53A, Chapter 1a, Part 10, UPSTART, is repealed July 1, 2019.
(7) Title 53A, Chapter 8a, Part 8, Peer Assistance and Review Pilot Program, is
repealed July 1, 2017.
(8) Section 
53A-17a-169
 is repealed July 1, 2017.
Section 3. 
Appropriation.
Under the terms and conditions of Title 63J, Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act, for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2016, the following sums of money
are appropriated from resources not otherwise appropriated, or reduced from amounts
previously appropriated, out of the funds or accounts indicated. These sums of money are in
addition to any amounts previously appropriated for fiscal year 2016.
To State Board of Education - Utah State Office of Education - Initiative Programs
From Education Fund, one-time $80,000
Schedule of Programs:
Contracts and Grants - Pilot Online School Survey
Program $80,000
The Legislature intends that:
(1) the State Board of Education use the appropriation under this section to implement
the pilot online school survey program created in Section 
53A-1-411
; and
(2) the appropriation under this section be:
(a) ongoing; and
(b) non-lapsing.
Section 4. 
Effective date.
(1) Except as provided in Subsection (2), this bill takes effect on May 12, 2015.
(2) Uncodified Section 3, Appropriation, takes effect on July 1, 2015.