During the 2019 legislative session, House Bill 22/House Enrolled Act 61 passed making changes to W.S. 21-2-304(b)(xv), impacting teacher evaluation systems. The SBE has a requirement to promulgate rules and regulations for implementation and administration of a comprehensive performance evaluation system for teachers. The new statutes will go into effect July 1, 2019. In the rules, the SBE must establish general criteria for school district teacher performance evaluation systems that provide school districts flexibility in designing teacher evaluations to improve classroom instruction.

The proposed Chapter 29 rules can be viewed at https://edu.wyoming.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Chapter-29-Evaluation-Systems-Teacher-Evaluation-Strike-Underline.pdf. The Statement of Reasons can be viewed at https://edu.wyoming.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Chapter-29-SOR.pdf. House Bill 22 can be viewed at
https://www.wyoleg.gov/2019/Enroll/HB0022.pdf.

The public comment period for Chapter 29 rules will close on August 3, 2019 at 11:59 pm. All comments will be recorded verbatim and filed with the Secretary of State’s Office.