§ 115C-310.15. Program evaluation.

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(a)[Evaluation. -] The State Board of Education shall evaluate how the advanced teaching roles program and new compensation plans have accomplished, at a minimum, the following:

(1)Improvement in the quality of classroom instruction and increases in school-wide growth or the growth of teachers who are mentored or impacted by a teacher in an advanced teaching role.

(2)An increase in the attractiveness of teaching.

(3)Recognition, impact, and retention of high-quality classroom teachers.

(4)Assistance to and retention of beginning classroom teachers.

(5)Improvement in and expansion of the use of technology and digital learning.

(6)Improvement in school culture based on school climate survey results.

(b)[Annual Report. -] No later than October 15 of each year, the State Board of Education shall report the results of the evaluation conducted pursuant to this section to the Fiscal Research Division and the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee.

(c)Access to Review Information. - An ATR unit shall provide any information or access needed to review the advanced teaching roles program that is requested by

(i)the State Board of Education or

(ii)an independent research organization selected by the State Board of Education to evaluate the program pursuant to this section.

(d)The Department of Public Instruction shall create designations for teachers serving in advanced teaching roles in the student information system. (2024-57, s. 3J.16(a); 2024-94, s. 7(b); 2025-94, s. 7(b).)