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2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO 2011 SENATE BILL 461
March 15, 2012 - Offered by Representatives Pope-Roberts, Sinicki, Clark and
Hintz.
SB461-ASA1,2,3 1An Act to repeal 20.505 (4) (c); to renumber 118.40 (5); to renumber and
2amend
14.20 (2) and 115.38 (1); to amend 14.20 (title), 20.525 (1) (f), 115.28
3(7) (a), 115.28 (7) (e) 2., 115.38 (title), 115.38 (2), 118.42 (1) (intro.), 118.42 (2)
4(intro.), 118.42 (3) (a) (intro.), 118.42 (3) (b) (intro.), 118.42 (4), 119.04 (1),
5121.006 (2) (d) and 121.02 (1) (c) (intro.); to repeal and recreate 14.20 (1); and
6to create 13.94 (1) (dL), 13.94 (1s) (c) 6., 14.017 (5), 14.20 (1m), 14.20 (2) (b) and
7(c), 20.255 (1) (f), 20.255 (2) (q), 20.525 (1) (q), 25.17 (1) (ge), 25.79, 115.28 (7g),
8115.28 (12) (ag), 115.38 (1e) to (1k), 115.38 (1s), 115.415, 118.016, 118.19 (14),
9118.40 (3) (f), 118.40 (5) (b), 118.42 (3m), 120.12 (2m) and 121.02 (1) (c) 3. of the
10statutes; relating to: the governor's read to lead development fund, the Read
11to Lead Development Council, grants in support of literacy and early childhood
12development programs, teacher licensure, screening kindergarten pupils for
13reading readiness, interventions or remedial reading services for certain

1pupils, evaluating teacher preparatory programs and educator effectiveness, a
2school and school district accountability system, requiring the exercise of
3rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB461-ASA1, s. 1 4Section 1. 13.94 (1) (dL) of the statutes is created to read:
SB461-ASA1,2,75 13.94 (1) (dL) Annually, conduct a financial audit of the governor's read to lead
6development fund. The legislative audit bureau shall file a copy of the report of the
7audit under this paragraph with the distributees specified in par. (b).
SB461-ASA1, s. 2 8Section 2. 13.94 (1s) (c) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
SB461-ASA1,2,109 13.94 (1s) (c) 6. The department of administration for the cost of the audit
10under sub. (1) (dL).
SB461-ASA1, s. 3 11Section 3. 14.017 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
SB461-ASA1,2,1312 14.017 (5) Read to lead development council. (a) There is created in the office
13of the governor a read to lead development council consisting of all of the following:
SB461-ASA1,2,1514 1. The governor or his or her designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the
15council.
SB461-ASA1,2,1716 2. The state superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee, who
17shall serve as vice-chair of the council.
SB461-ASA1,2,2018 3. The chairpersons of the committees in the assembly and the senate whose
19subject matter is elementary and secondary education or members of those
20committees designated by those chairpersons.
SB461-ASA1,2,2221 4. The ranking minority members of each of the committees under subd. 3. or
22members of those committees designated by the ranking minority members.
SB461-ASA1,2,2323 5. The following members appointed by the governor for 3-year terms:
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1a. Two practicing elementary and secondary education teachers or principals.
SB461-ASA1,3,22 b. One practicing preschool teacher.
SB461-ASA1,3,33 c. Three persons representing this state's philanthropic community.
SB461-ASA1,3,44 d. Three persons representing this state's business community.
SB461-ASA1,3,55 e. One person representing the Wisconsin State Reading Association.
SB461-ASA1,3,66 f. One person representing the Wisconsin Reading Coalition.
SB461-ASA1,3,77 g. One person representing the International Dyslexia Association.
SB461-ASA1,3,88 h. One person representing Wisconsin Literacy, Inc.
SB461-ASA1,3,99 i. One person representing the Wisconsin Library Association.
SB461-ASA1,3,1010 j. One person representing this state's research community.
SB461-ASA1,3,1211 k. One person representing an organization that has as its mission service to
12children with various types of disabilities.
SB461-ASA1,3,1313 (b) Section 15.09 applies to the read to lead development council.
SB461-ASA1, s. 4 14Section 4. 14.20 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB461-ASA1,3,16 1514.20 (title) Literacy improvement aids and early childhood
16development grants
.
SB461-ASA1, s. 5 17Section 5. 14.20 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:
SB461-ASA1,3,1818 14.20 (1) In this section:
SB461-ASA1,3,1919 (a) "Council" means the read to lead development council.
SB461-ASA1,3,2120 (b) "State superintendent" means the state superintendent of public
21instruction.
SB461-ASA1, s. 6 22Section 6. 14.20 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
SB461-ASA1,4,323 14.20 (1m) The council shall make recommendations to the governor and state
24superintendent regarding recipients of grants under sub. (2). The amount of each
25grant awarded shall be determined jointly by the governor and the state

1superintendent. In addition to reports required under s. 15.09 (7), annually the
2council shall submit a report on its operation to the appropriate standing committees
3of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).
SB461-ASA1, s. 7 4Section 7. 14.20 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 14.20 (2) (a) and amended
5to read:
SB461-ASA1,4,86 14.20 (2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.525 (1) (f), the governor may
7provide award a grant to any local governmental unit or nonprofit organization
8person other than a school board for support of a literacy improvement program.
SB461-ASA1, s. 8 9Section 8. 14.20 (2) (b) and (c) of the statutes are created to read:
SB461-ASA1,4,1210 14.20 (2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.525 (1) (q), the governor may
11award a grant to any person other than a school board for support of a literacy or early
12childhood development program.
SB461-ASA1,4,1513 (c) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (q), the state superintendent
14may award a grant to a school board for support of a literacy or early childhood
15development program.
SB461-ASA1, s. 9 16Section 9. 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert
17the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table PDF
SB461-ASA1, s. 10 18Section 10. 20.255 (1) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
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120.255 (1) (f) Assessments of reading readiness. The amounts in the schedule
2to provide school districts and independent charter schools with the assessments of
3reading readiness under s. 118.016.
SB461-ASA1, s. 11 4Section 11. 20.255 (2) (q) of the statutes is created to read:
SB461-ASA1,5,75 20.255 (2) (q) Grants for literacy and early childhood development programs.
6From the governor's read to lead development fund, a sum sufficient for grants to
7support literacy and early childhood development programs under s. 14.20 (2) (c).
SB461-ASA1, s. 12 8Section 12. 20.505 (4) (c) of the statutes, as created by 2011 Wisconsin Act 32,
9is repealed.
SB461-ASA1, s. 13 10Section 13. 20.525 (1) (f) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB461-ASA1,5,1211 20.525 (1) (f) Literacy improvement aids. The amounts in the schedule for the
12governor to provide
grants for to support literacy improvement under s. 14.20 (2) (a).
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