AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine House Wednesday overrode Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill by Rep. David McCrea to amend teacher evaluation requirements to provide more autonomy and local control to school districts as they develop and implement their teacher evaluation systems. The vote was 131 to 12.
“A one-size-fits-all approach to teacher evaluations does not work with every school district in the state,” said McCrea, D-Fort Fairfield. “Giving local districts control over the teacher evaluation process will help make schools and teachers more effective.”
L.D. 633 removes the requirement that student learning and measures of growth and state assessment results must be used to measure educator effectiveness. As amended, the bill clarifies the use of student learning and growth data be used to inform instruction.
The bill faces a final vote in the Senate.
McCrea is serving his first term in the Legislature. He represents Caswell, Easton, Fort Fairfield, Hamlin, Limestone, part of Presque Isle, Stockholm and Cyr Plantation, plus the unorganized territory of Connor Township.
