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ISSUANCE OF ANNUAL CONTRACTS -- SUPPORT PROGRAMS -- CATEGORIES OF
CONTRACTS -- OPTIONAL PLACEMENT. (1) The board of trustees shall establish
criteria and procedures for the supervision and evaluation of certificated
employees who are not employed on a renewable contract, as provided for in
section 33-515, Idaho Code.
(2) There shall be three (3) categories of annual contracts available to
local school districts under which to employ certificated personnel:
(a) A category 1 contract is a limited one-year contract as provided in
section 33-514A, Idaho Code.
(b) A category 2 contract is for certificated personnel in the first and
second years of continuous employment with the same school district. Upon
the decision by a local school board not to reemploy the person for the
following year, the certificated employee shall be provided a written
statement of reasons for non-reemployment by no later than May 25. No
property rights shall attach to a category 2 contract and therefore the
employee shall not be entitled to a review by the local board of the
reasons or decision not to reemploy.
(c) A category 3 contract is for certificated personnel during the third
year of continuous employment by the same school district. District
procedures shall require at least one (1) evaluation prior to the
beginning of the second semester of the school year and the results of any
such evaluation shall be made a matter of record in the employee's
personnel file. When any such employee's work is found to be
unsatisfactory a defined period of probation shall be established by the
board, but in no case shall a probationary period be less than eight (8)
weeks. After the probationary period, action shall be taken by the board
as to whether the employee is to be retained, immediately discharged,
discharged upon termination of the current contract or reemployed at the
end of the contract term under a continued probationary status.
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 67-2344 and 67-2345, Idaho
Code, a decision to place certificated personnel on probationary status
may be made in executive session and the employee shall not be named in
the minutes of the meeting. A record of the decision shall be placed in
the employee's personnel file. This procedure shall not preclude
recognition of unsatisfactory work at a subsequent evaluation and the
establishment of a reasonable period of probation. In all instances, the
employee shall be duly notified in writing of the areas of work which are
deficient, including the conditions of probation. Each such certificated
employee on a category 3 contract shall be given notice, in writing,
whether he or she will be reemployed for the next ensuing year. Such
notice shall be given by the board of trustees no later than the
twenty-fifth day of May of each such year. If the board of trustees has
decided not to reemploy the certificated employee, then the notice must
contain a statement of reasons for such decision and the employee shall,
upon request, be given the opportunity for an informal review of such
decision by the board of trustees. The parameters of an informal review
shall be determined by the local board.
(3) School districts hiring an employee who has been on renewable
contract status with another Idaho district or has out-of-state experience
which would otherwise qualify the certificated employee for renewable contract
status in Idaho, shall have the option to immediately grant renewable contract
status, or to place the employee on a category 3 annual contract. Such
employment on a category 3 contract under the provisions of this subsection
may be for one (1), two (2) or three (3) years.
(4) There shall be a minimum of two (2) written evaluations in each of
the annual contract years of employment, and at least one (1) evaluation shall
be completed before January 1 of each year. The provisions of this subsection
(4) shall not apply to employees on a category 1 contract.

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