A wide-reaching piece of legislation aims to rework the way educators across the state are evaluated, hired and retained — a comprehensive reform effort that has divided many in the state’s K-12 education system, The Greeley Tribune reports.

The legislation, Senate Bill 191, comes as increased pressure is placed on states to reform teacher accountability measures related to effectiveness and evaluation — a key component of the federal Race to the Top competition, which pits states against each other for billions in education funding.

The legislation calls for the creation of a system to evaluate both teachers and principals based, in part, on their students’ academic achievement.