Two Senate bills dealing with teacher evaluations, which stalled in committee last week, will be brought back to life in the Senate Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday, according the Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, the panel's chair.

Senate Bills 6177 and 6203 failed to make it out of the Senate Early Learning and K-12 Education Committee last week. However two "title only" bills (legislation that has no content except for a title) will be amended in Ways and Means with the content of the other measures, Murray said.

Senate Bill 6203 would require school districts to lay off teachers according to their performance evaluations, instead of the current system that focuses mostly on seniority. The other measure emphasizes probation for teachers who do not meet expectations.