Indiana § 20-28-11.5-9 Report of staff performance evaluation results; presented at public
meeting; survey; forms

Indiana Statutes

§ 20-28-11.5-9 — Report of staff performance evaluation results; presented at public meeting; survey; forms

Indiana § 20-28-11.5-9

Title 20EDUCATION

Art. 28SCHOOL TEACHERS

Ch. 11.5Staff Performance Evaluations

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Bluebook

Ind. Code § 20-28-11.5-9 (2026).

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(a)The principal of a school in a school corporation shall report in the aggregate the results of staff performance evaluations for the school for the previous school year to the superintendent and the governing body for the school corporation before August 15 of each year on the schedule determined by the governing body. The report must be presented in a public meeting of the governing body. Before presentation to the governing body, the superintendent of the school corporation shall discuss the report of completed evaluations with the teachers. This discussion is not subject to the open door law (IC 5-14-1.5). The report of completed evaluations is not subject to bargaining.

(b)Not before the beginning of the second semester (or the equivalent) of the school year and not later than Aug

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(a) The principal of a school in a school
corporation shall report in the aggregate the results of staff
performance evaluations for the school for the previous school year to
the superintendent and the governing body for the school corporation
before August 15 of each year on the schedule determined by the
governing body. The report must be presented in a public meeting of
the governing body. Before presentation to the governing body, the
superintendent of the school corporation shall discuss the report of
completed evaluations with the teachers. This discussion is not subject
to the open door law (IC 5-14-1.5). The report of completed evaluations
is not subject to bargaining.
(b) Not before the beginning of the second semester (or the
equivalent) of the school year and not later than August 1 of each year,
the principal at each public school, including a charter school, shall
complete a survey that provides information regarding the principal's
assessment of the quality of instruction by each particular teacher
preparation program located in Indiana for teachers employed at the
school who initially received their teaching license in Indiana in the
previous two (2) years. The survey shall be adopted by the state board
and prescribed on a form developed not later than July 30, 2016, by the
department that is aligned with the matrix system established under IC 20-28-3-1(i). The school shall provide the surveys to the department in
a manner prescribed by the department. The department shall compile
the information contained in the surveys, broken down by each teacher
preparation program located in Indiana. The department shall include
information relevant to a particular teacher preparation program
located in Indiana in the department's report under subsection (d).
(c) During the second semester (or the equivalent) of the school year
and not later than August 1 of each year, each teacher employed by a
school described in subsection (b) in Indiana who initially received a
teacher's license in Indiana in the previous three (3) years shall
complete a form after the teacher completes the teacher's initial year
teaching at a particular school. The information reported on the form
must:
(1) provide the year in which the teacher was hired by the school;
(2) include the name of the teacher preparation program that
recommended the teacher for an initial license;
(3) describe subjects taught by the teacher;
(4) provide the location of different teaching positions held by the
teacher since the teacher initially obtained an Indiana teaching
license;
(5) provide a description of any mentoring the teacher has
received while teaching in the teacher's current teaching position;
(6) describe the teacher's current licensure status; and
(7) include an assessment by the teacher of the quality of
instruction of the teacher preparation program in which the
teacher participated.
The form shall be prescribed by the department. The forms shall be
submitted to the department in a manner prescribed by the department.
Upon receipt of the information provided in this subsection, the
department shall compile the information contained in the forms and
include an aggregated summary of the report on the department's
website.
(d) Not later than September 1 of each year, the department shall
report to each teacher preparation program in Indiana for teachers with
three (3) or fewer years of teaching experience:
(1) information from the surveys relevant to that particular teacher
education program provided to the department under subsection
(b); and
(2) information from the forms relevant to that particular teacher
preparation program compiled by the department under
subsection (c).

Legislative History

As added by P.L.90-2011, SEC.39. Amended by P.L.6-2012, SEC.138; P.L.254-2013, SEC.3; P.L.192-2014, SEC.5; P.L.239-2015, SEC.8; P.L.150-2020, SEC.3; P.L.41-2022, SEC.3; P.L.200-2023, SEC.23; P.L.9-2024, SEC.392; P.L.214-2025, SEC.136.