SB 24-132

Senate Bill 24-132, which has been approved by the governor and will take effect on August 7, 2024, expands the confidentiality of evaluation reports for educators. This means that all records used in preparing these evaluations—such as performance reviews—are now protected from public access and can only be seen by the educator being evaluated, their supervisors, and those involved in legal proceedings related to education boards. The bill affects teachers, principals, administrators, special service providers, and education support professionals, ensuring their evaluation documents remain private.

Official Summary

Under current law, an evaluation report and all public records used in preparing the evaluation report for licensed education personnel (personnel) are confidential and available only to the personnel being evaluated, to the duly elected official and appointed public officials who supervise the personnel's work, and to a hearing officer conducting a hearing or a court of appeals reviewing a decision of the board of education. The act extends the confidentiality of evaluation reports and public records that are used in preparing the evaluation reports to all teachers, principals, administrators, special service providers, and education support professionals. APPROVED by Governor April 19, 2024 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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