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Amend the bill in section 1 in §13711 by striking out all of subsection 1 (page 1, lines 8 and 9 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
‘1.  Administrator.    "Administrator" means a superintendent or assistant superintendent.’
Amend the bill in section 1 in §13713 by striking out all of the last indented paragraph (page 2, lines 5 to 7 in L.D.)
Amend the bill in section 1 in §13714 in subsection 3 in paragraph A in the last 2 lines (page 2, lines 22 and 23 in L.D.) by striking out the following: ", but measurements of student learning and growth must be a significant factor in the determination of the rating of an administrator"
 
SUMMARY
This amendment, which is one of the minority reports of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs, makes the following changes to the bill.
1. It changes the definition of "administrator" to exclude a special education director or curriculum coordinator.
2. It removes language that provides that receipt of summative effectiveness ratings indicating that an administrator is ineffective for 2 consecutive years constitutes just cause for termination of an administrator's contract.
3. It removes language that provides that measurements of student learning and growth must be a significant factor in the determination of the rating of an administrator.