KANSAS STATUTES AND CODES

72-9004. Evaluation policies; criteria; development; procedure; evaluation required prior to contract nonrenewal.

72-9004

Chapter 72.--SCHOOLS Article 90.--EVALUATION OF LICENSED PERSONNEL

72-9004. Evaluation policies; criteria; development; procedure; evaluationrequired prior to contract nonrenewal.Evaluation policies adopted under K.S.A. 72-9003, and amendments thereto, shallmeet the following guidelines or criteria:

(a) Consideration shall be given to the following employee attributes:Efficiency, personal qualities, professional deportment, ability, results andperformance, including improvement in the academic performance of pupils orstudents insofar as the evaluated employee has authority to cause suchacademic improvement, in the case of teachers, the capacity to maintaincontrol of pupils or students, and such other matters as may be deemedmaterial.

(b) Community attitudes toward, support for and expectations withregard to educational programs shall be reflected.

(c) The original policy and amendments thereto shall bedevelopedby the board in cooperation with the persons responsible for makingevaluations and the persons who are to be evaluated, and, to the extentpracticable, consideration shall be given to comment andsuggestions from other community interests.

(d) Evaluations of the chief administrator employed by a board shall bemade by the board. The boardshall place primary responsibility upon members of the administrativestaff in making evaluations of other employees.

(e) Persons to be evaluated shall participate in theirevaluations, and shall be afforded the opportunity for self-evaluation.

(f) The contract of any person subject to evaluation shall not be nonrenewedon the basis of incompetence unless an evaluation of such person has beenmade prior to notice of nonrenewal of the contract and unless the evaluationis in substantial compliance with the board's policy of personnel evaluationprocedure as filed with the state board in accordance with the provisionsof K.S.A. 72-9003, and amendments thereto.

History: L. 1973, ch. 281, § 4; L. 1979, ch. 233, § 2; L. 1981,ch. 295, § 3; L. 1982, ch. 304, § 3;L. 1994, ch. 205, § 1; July 1.