No to Senate Bill 5399
Senate Bill 5399 proposes that when there are teacher layoffs, referred to as rif’s (reductions in force), that teachers should be laid off, fired basically, based on the performance of their students.
There is a four-tiered teacher evaluation system that the teacher’s union in Seattle, the Seattle Education Association (SEA) as part of WEA, the Washington Education Association, the superintendent of our schools in Seattle, Dr. Goodloe-Johnson and Randy Dorn, the Superintendent of Education for the state of Washington, have agreed to. This system is going through a two-year pilot program to ensure that this evaluation system works and is fair to all parties, including our children.
In the meantime, a bill was introduced by a Representative in the House and a Senator in the Senate last week that would circumvent the agreement that has been put into place by the teachers and Randy Dorn.
The bill proposed is in anticipation of layoff’s that might take place this year and next due to even tighter budget