Section 1073.1. Performance Review.--(a) In addition to any other requirements provided for under this act, the employment contract for a district superintendent or assistant district superintendent shall include objective performance standards mutually agreed to in writing by the board of school directors and the district superintendent or assistant district superintendent. The objective performance standards may be based upon the following:
(1) achievement of annual measurable objectives established by the school district;
(2) achievement on Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) tests;
(3) achievement on Keystone Exams;
(4) student growth as measured by the Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System;
(5) attrition rates or graduation rates;
(6) financial management standards;
(7) standards of operational excellence; or
(8) any additional criteria deemed relevant and mutually agreed to by the board of school directors and the district superintendent or assistant district superintendent.
(b) The board of school directors shall conduct a formal written performance assessment of the district superintendent and assistant district superintendent annually. A time frame for the assessment shall be included in the contract.
(b.1) The board of school directors shall post the mutually agreed to objective performance standards contained in the contract on the school district's publicly accessible Internet website. Upon completion of the annual performance assessment, the board of school directors shall post the date of the assessment and whether or not the district superintendent and assistant district superintendent have met the agreed-to objective performance standards on the school district's publicly accessible Internet website.
(c) The State Board of Education may promulgate regulations pursuant to the act of June 25, 1982 (P.L.633, No.181), known as the "Regulatory Review Act," in order to implement this section.
(1073.1 added June 30, 2012, P.L.684, No.82 and July 12, 2012, P.L.1142, No.141)
Compiler's Note: See section 34 of Act 82 of 2012 in the appendix to this act for special provisions relating to applicability.
Section 20 of Act 141 of 2012, which added section 1073.1, provided that section 1073.1 shall apply to contracts of district superintendents or assistant district superintendents entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of section 20.