2015 Wisconsin Act 55

d. For completing at least 100 hours of training in pedagogy, 5 points per 50 hours up to a maximum of 75 points.

(b) The department shall verify the information in par. (a) using only the following:

1. For par. (a) 1. a. to c. and 2. a. to c., the applicant's transcript for the applicable degree or credits.

2. For par. (a) 1. d., the applicant's industry certificate.

3. For par. (a) 1. e. to h., the signature of a supervisor, employer, or other reliable observer.

4. For par. (a) 2. d., verification by a course instructor, a transcript, or a certificate.

5. If the applicant is unable to provide the verification required under subds. 1. to 4., any other proof of the applicant's experience approved by the department.

(6) The department shall approve or deny an application for a license under sub. (2) no later than 45 business days after receipt of the application. If the department denies the application, it shall provide, in writing, the reason for the denial. If the department does not act within 45 business days of receiving an application for a license under sub. (2), the application shall be considered approved and the applicant considered a licensed teacher until the department approves or denies the application.

(7) Nothing in this section prohibits the department from granting a teaching license to teach a technical education subject under s. 118.19.

55,3247r Section 3247r. 118.193 of the statutes is created to read:

118.193 Licenses based on reciprocity. (1) In this section, an "administrator license" means a license in a school administrator category under s. PI 34.32, Wis. Adm. Code.

(2) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (4m), (6) to (9), and (12) to (14), the department shall grant an initial license to teach to an individual who is eligible for licensure under s. 118.19 (4) and (10) and who satisfies all of the following:

(a) The individual holds a license to teach granted by the proper authority of another state and is in good standing with the proper authority of that state.

(b) The individual taught for at least one year under the license granted by another state.

(c) The individual has received an offer of employment to teach in a school located in this state.

(3) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (9) and (11), the department shall grant an initial administrator license to an individual who is eligible for licensure under s. 118.19 (4) and (10) and who satisfies all of the following:

(a) The individual holds a license granted by the proper authority of another state that is equivalent to an administrator license and the individual is in good standing with the proper authority of that state.

(b) The individual worked as an administrator under the license granted by another state for at least one year.

(c) The individual has received an offer of employment to be an administrator for a school or school district located in this state.

(4) (a) An application for a license under sub. (2) or (3) shall be made jointly by the applicant and the school or school board that made the offer of employment required for the license.

(b) 1. The department shall determine the subjects and grades that a license issued under sub. (2) authorizes an individual to teach based on the subjects and grades the individual is authorized to teach under his or her license granted by another state and the individual's teaching experience.

2. The department shall determine the school administrator category under s. PI 34.32, Wis. Adm. Code, for a license issued under sub. (3) and the grades to which the license applies based on the individual's license granted by another state and the individual's experience as an administrator.

55,3247s Section 3247s. 118.194 of the statutes is created to read:

118.194 Initial license to teach; Montessori. (1) Notwithstanding s. 118.19 (4m), (6) to (9), and (12) to (14), the department shall grant an initial license to teach to an individual who is eligible for licensure under s. 118.19 (4) and (10) and who satisfies all of the following:

(a) Possesses a bachelor's degree.

(b) Successfully completed a teacher education program accredited by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education.

(c) Successfully completed an introductory course in special education for which the individual earned at least 3 postsecondary credits.

(d) Earned a passing score on any standardized examinations required by the state superintendent for a license to teach the same educational levels and subjects issued in accordance with s. 118.19 and on an examination identical to the Foundations of Reading test administered in 2012 as part of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure.

(2) A license under sub. (1) authorizes an individual to teach the educational levels for which the individual has successfully completed a teacher education program accredited by the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education at a school that uses the Montessori method as its primary method of instruction. The department shall treat an initial license to teach granted under sub. (1) in the same manner the state superintendent treats an initial license to teach granted in accordance with s. 118.19.

55,3248b Section 3248b. 118.30 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.30 (1) (a) and amended to read:

118.30 (1) (a) The state superintendent shall adopt or approve examinations designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 4th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th grades. Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the state superintendent may not adopt or approve assessments developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.

55,3248c Section 3248c. 118.30 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

118.30 (1) (b) The state superintendent shall review and adopt or approve a summative examination system consisting of examinations to be administered beginning in the 2015-16 school year to pupils in each of the grades 3 through 10 and in each of the subject areas of English, reading, writing, science, and mathematics. Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the state superintendent shall replace the examinations adopted or approved under par. (a) for grades 4 and 8 in each of the subject areas of English, reading, writing, science, and mathematics with the examinations adopted or approved under this paragraph. The state superintendent shall either replace the examinations adopted or approved under par. (a) for grades 9 and 10 and in any of the subject areas identified under this paragraph with the examinations adopted or approved for those grades under this paragraph or use the examinations adopted or approved under par. (a) for grades 9 and 10 and in any of those subject areas to satisfy the requirements under this paragraph. The state superintendent shall:

1. Ensure that each examination adopted or approved under the summative examination system satisfies the assessment and accountability requirements under federal law.

2. Ensure that the summative examination system adopted or approved under this paragraph satisfies the following criteria:

a. The system is vertically scaled and standards-based.

b. The system documents pupil progress toward national college and career readiness benchmarks derived from empirical research and state academic standards.

c. The system measures individual pupil performance in the subject areas of English, reading, writing, science, and mathematics.

d. The system provides for the administration of examinations primarily in a computer-based format but permits examinations to be administered with pencil and paper in certain limited circumstances.

e. Pupil performance on examinations adopted or approved under the system serves as a predictive measure of pupil performance on college readiness assessments used by institutions of higher education.

55,3248g Section 3248g. 118.30 (1g) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (1g) (a) 2. By January 1, 2000, or by January 1 of the 1st school year of operation, whichever is later, each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall adopt pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography and history. The operator of the charter school may adopt the pupil academic standards issued by the governor as executive order no. 326, dated January 13, 1998.

55,3248h Section 3248h. 118.30 (1g) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (1g) (a) 3. The governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 and the governing body of a private school that, pursuant to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c) 3., or 119.9002 (3) (c), is responsible for the operation and general management of a school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119 shall adopt pupil academic standards in mathematics, science, reading and writing, geography, and history. The governing body of the private school may adopt the pupil academic standards issued by the governor as executive order no. 326, dated January 13, 1998.

55,3248k Section 3248k. 118.30 (1g) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (1g) (c) Each school board operating elementary grades and each operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) that operates elementary grades may develop or adopt its own examination designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 4th grade and may develop or adopt its own examination designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 8th grade. If the school board or operator of the charter school develops or adopts an examination under this paragraph, it shall notify the department.

55,3249 Section 3249. 118.30 (1m) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (1m) (ar) Except as provided in sub. (7), beginning in the 2014-15 school year, administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the school district, including pupils enrolled in charter schools located in the school district, in the spring session of 9th grade. The school board shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the spring session.

55,3250 Section 3250. 118.30 (1m) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

118.30 (1m) (d) If the school board maintains an Internet site for the school district, annually publish information on that Internet site about the examinations administered under this subsection to pupils in the school district.

55,3250r Section 3250r. 118.30 (1r) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (1r) (intro.) Annually each the operator of a each charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall do all of the following:

55,3251 Section 3251. 118.30 (1r) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (1r) (ar) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils enrolled in the charter school in spring session of the 9th grade. The charter school shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the spring session.

55,3252 Section 3252. 118.30 (1r) (d) of the statutes is created to read:

118.30 (1r) (d) If the operator of the charter school maintains an Internet site for the school, annually publish information on that Internet site about the examinations administered under this subsection to pupils in the school.

55,3253 Section 3253. 118.30 (1s) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (1s) (intro.) Annually, the governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 119.23, other than a private school at which fewer than 20 pupils are attending the school under the program under s. 119.23, and the governing body of a private school that, pursuant to s. 115.999 (3), 119.33 (2) (c) 3., or 119.9002 (3) (c), is responsible for the operation and general management of a school transferred to an opportunity schools and partnership program under s. 119.33, subch. IX of ch. 115, or subch. II of ch. 119 shall do all of the following:

55,3254 Section 3254. 118.30 (1s) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (1s) (bm) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, in the spring session administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 9th grade in the private school under s. 119.23. The private school shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the spring session.

55,3255 Section 3255. 118.30 (1s) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

118.30 (1s) (e) If the governing body of the private school maintains an Internet site for the school, annually publish information on that Internet site about the examinations administered under this subsection to pupils in the school.

55,3256 Section 3256. 118.30 (1t) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (1t) (intro.) Annually, the governing body of each private school participating in the program under s. 118.60, other than a private school at which fewer than 20 pupils are attending the school under the program under s. 118.60, shall do all of the following:

55,3257 Section 3257. 118.30 (1t) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (1t) (bm) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, in the spring session administer the 9th grade examination adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) to all pupils attending the 9th grade in the private school under s. 118.60. The private school shall administer the examination once in the fall session and once in the spring session.

55,3258 Section 3258. 118.30 (1t) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

118.30 (1t) (e) If the governing body of the private school maintains an Internet site for the school, annually publish information on that Internet site about the examinations administered under this subsection to pupils in the school.

55,3258r Section 3258r. 118.30 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (2) (b) 1. If a pupil is enrolled in a special education program under subch. V of ch. 115, the school board, operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 118.60, or governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall comply with s. 115.77 (1m) (bg).

55,3258t Section 3258t. 118.30 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (2) (b) 2. According to criteria established by the state superintendent by rule, the school board, operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 118.60, or governing body of the private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 may determine not to administer an examination under this section to a limited-English speaking pupil, as defined under s. 115.955 (7), may permit the pupil to be examined in his or her native language, or may modify the format and administration of an examination for such pupils.

55,3259 Section 3259. 118.30 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (2) (b) 3. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the school board shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1m) or s. 118.301 (3).

55,3260 Section 3260. 118.30 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (2) (b) 4. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1r) or s. 118.301 (3).

55,3261 Section 3261. 118.30 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (2) (b) 5. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the governing body of a private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1s) (a) to (cm) or s. 118.301 (3).

55,3262 Section 3262. 118.30 (2) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (2) (b) 6. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the governing body of a private school participating in the program under s. 118.60 shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1t) (a) to (cm) or s. 118.301 (3).

55,3263 Section 3263. 118.30 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (5m) When determining the percentage of pupils participating in the program under s. 119.23 who performed at designated proficiency levels on the examinations administered as required under sub. (1s) or s. 118.301 (3), the department shall consider only the pupils participating in the program under s. 119.23 to whom the examinations were administered at each grade level, and shall exclude from consideration those pupils participating in the program under s. 119.23 who were excused from taking the examinations under sub. (2) (b) 5.

55,3264 Section 3264. 118.30 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (6) A school board and an operator of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) is not required to administer the 4th and 8th grade examinations adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1) or authorized under s. 118.301 (3) if the school board or the operator of the charter school administers its own 4th and 8th grade examinations, the school board or operator of the charter school provides the state superintendent with submits the examination results to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center to conduct statistical correlations of those examinations with the examinations adopted or approved by the state superintendent under sub. (1), the University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center provides the statistical correlations to the state superintendent, and the federal department of education approves.

55,3265 Section 3265. 118.30 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:

118.30 (7) If a school board enters into an agreement with a federally recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state to establish a charter school, that school board shall administer the examinations under sub. (1m) or s. 118.301 (3) regardless of the location of the charter school.

55,3266 Section 3266. 118.301 of the statutes is created to read:

118.301 Alternative pupil assessments. (1) In this section, "research center" means the University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center.

(2) (a) Within 30 days after the release of funds under s. 115.28 (9m) (b), the department shall request from the research center a list of nationally recognized, norm-referenced alternative examinations determined by the research center to be acceptable for statistical comparison with examinations adopted or approved under s. 118.30 (1). Within 180 days of the release of funds under s. 115.28 (9m) (b), the research center shall evaluate and approve at least 3 and no more than 5 of the examinations and shall submit the list of approved examinations to the department. The research center shall submit under this paragraph only those examinations that are consistent with the following parameters: