House education reform effort passes
Both the House and Senate have now passed education reform measures. The House measure rewrites rules on teacher tenure and calls for study of merit pay.
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Other aspects of the bill include instructing the Department of Public Instruction to create a program that allows students to earn educational credit for "real-time experiences" like clerkships and internships. It also increases the number of professional development credits teachers are required to get from 7.5 to 10 per cycle and strengthens requirements for School Improvement Plans.
The measure now goes to the Senate, which has its own education reform plan. The Senate measure has cleared the Senate Education Committee and is backed by President Pro Tem Phil Berger.
"They don't look anything alike," Rep. Bryan Holloway, R-Stokes, said of the House and Senate proposals.
For example, the Senate bill deals with the issue of teacher tenure by putting the state's most senior teachers on three-year contracts, while lower performing teachers are kept on annual contracts.
"There's going to have to be some real conversations before either of those bills go forward," Holloway said.
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