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Teacher performance and evaluations will be given greater weight in public school personnel decisions, under legislation quickly passed by the Senate Thursday with little debate, no amendments and without a recorded vote, according to the State House News Service.

On Wednesday, John Connolly, councilor-at-large, held a Boston City Council hearing on the matter where councilors voted 8-5 in favor of a non-binding resolution supporting the bill on the thorny topic.

The measure, Senate Bill 2197, An Act Promoting Excellence in Public Schools, reflects a compromise made by the nonprofit Stand for Children and the Massachusetts Teachers Association, one of the largest teachers unions in the state. The controversial bill diminishes the role teacher seniority plays in personnel decisions. Its passage heads off a fall ballot initiative.

The American Federation of Teachers, an umbrella group that includes the Boston Teachers Union, opted not to take a position on the bill.

If you are a great teacher of 25 years you will not lose your job, but if you are a great teacher of 25 months, you also will not lose your job, Connolly emphasized during the Wednesday meeting.

I want to be clear, Connolly said, it does not remove seniority as a factor in hiring it removes it as a controlling factor. This does not eradicate seniority, it just means that seniority cannot be the end-all, be-all when the teachers are being hired.

I believe in seniority being used as a tool to keep the best teachers in the classroom, Connolly continued. He said that teacher evaluations should be the primary tool in hiring new teachers as well as assessing the abilities of teachers already in the classroom. He said evaluations would ensure consistency and fairness. The new compromise includes a $13 million appropriation from the state that will be used for training so that those evaluating teachers are appropriately qualified.

State House News Service contributed to this report.

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