HB 2010 -- Performance-Based Salary Increases for Teachers

Co-Sponsors:  Cunningham, Hunter, Mayer, Bartle, Crowell,
Shoemaker (8), Reid, Moore

This bill creates the Teacher Choice Compensation Package, which
will make available salary stipends to teachers who qualify based
on measurable superior performance.  The bill raises the boarding
fees for gaming boats by one dollar and directs the money into a
fund that will be used to supply the stipends, which are $5,000,
$10,000, and $15,000, not to exceed 50% of the teacher's base
pay.  If, after full funding, moneys remain in the fund, they
will be transferred to the School Building Revolving Fund.
Stipends may be pro-rated if there is not enough money generated
by the boarding fee increase.

To qualify for the stipends, beginning in school year 2003-2004,
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
Last Updated October 11, 2002 at 9:03 am