HB 214 -- Performance-Based Teacher Salaries

Sponsor:  Cunningham (86)

This bill creates the Teacher Choice Compensation Package, which
will make salary stipends available to teachers who qualify based
on measurable superior performance.  The stipends will be offered
in $5,000 increments, up to $15,000, but not to exceed 50% of the
teacher's base pay.  Stipends may be prorated if there is not
enough money generated by the boarding fee increase.  To qualify
for a stipend, beginning in school year 2008-2009, a teacher must
opt out of his or her permanent contract and meet criteria
derived from students' scores on a value-added test instrument;
from a list of tests and target scores developed by the
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education; and from
evaluations by principals, parents, and students.  Test scores
will be given more weight than evaluations, and the level of
score required must take into account classroom demographics.
Teachers will qualify annually in October, with the payment
delivered as a lump sum in the following January.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:18 am