Don't forget! Your PERA Evaluation Joint Committee must meet annually to "assess and review" effectiveness of the District's evaluation plan. This is in addition to your annual duty to convene the RIF Joint Committee (which must meet by December 1 and may or may not have different membership) to assess the rules for reductions in force. Be sure to keep documentation of both meetings occurrence.
On August 20, 2013, Governor Quinn signed into law the long-awaited "trailer bill" to SB7 (the Education Reform Act). Previously known as SB1762, Public Act 98-513 accomplishes several important changes to the rules for reduction in force
On June 13, Senate Bill 7 became Public Act 97-8, now known as the Education Reform Act, when Governor Quinn signed it into law. The Act follows the Performance Evaluation Reform Act (PERA) of 2010 by connecting teachers’ hiring and dismissal (including reductions in force) to teacher performance evaluation tools required by PERA. In order to accomplish these goals, the law makes major revisions to seven areas of school process.
