Evaluation of teachers has been returned to local control after a decade-long fight from educators.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill reforming the Annual Professional Performance Review system.

This effectively eliminates the measures that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo fought for to make it easier to find and remove ineffective teachers.

The bill allows each school district to set its own performance evaluation system – without the previous threat of termination for tenured teachers who score poorly on their evaluations.

The state’s largest teacher union, NYSUT, calls this a victory that will transform classrooms across the state.