Bill Title: As introduced, grants a tenured teacher a $5,000 bonus, to be paid from the education trust fund, if the teacher receives a performance evaluation of "above expectations" or better for at least four years during any five-year period after the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year; excludes supervisors, principals, and directors of schools from eligibility for such bonus. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 5.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-03-23 - Failed in Senate Education Committee [SB1599 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Becky Massey [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-006	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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