AB379-ASA2,15,85 (d) For measuring rates of attendance and of high school graduation under sub.
6(2) (a) 4., the information under par. (a), attendance data, and data about pupils who
7graduate from high school with a regular diploma within 4 school years, within 5
8school years, and within 6 school years.
AB379-ASA2,15,12 9(4m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), for a private school participating in a
10parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, the department may use for each
11measure specified in sub. (2) (a) only the information specified in sub. (4) that
12pertains to pupils attending the private school under the program.
AB379-ASA2,15,2113 (b) If a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60
14or 119.23 administers a nationally recognized, norm-referenced test that has been
15approved by the department to all pupils attending the private school, the private
16school may submit to the department achievement data derived from the test. The
17department shall submit the data to the University of Wisconsin-Madison
18Value-Added Research Center, which shall statistically equate the scores so that the
19department may use the data to measure the achievement and growth of pupils
20attending the private school. The department shall pay the center's costs from the
21appropriation under s. 20.255 (3) (fm).
AB379-ASA2,15,2422 (c) To the extent practicable, the department shall coordinate and integrate
23data collection processes for private schools participating in a parental choice
24program under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
AB379-ASA2,16,2
1(5) Each school and school district shall provide a link on the home page of its
2Internet site to the report issued by the department under this section.
AB379-ASA2,16,8 3(6) (a) If the department determines that there is insufficient data about a
4school to grade its performance under sub. (3) (a) or that a grade under sub. (2) (c)
5is inappropriate because the school serves exclusively children at risk, as defined
6under s. 118.153 (1) (a), the department may grade the school as "satisfactory" or
7"needs improvement." The department shall issue an accountability report for the
8school.
AB379-ASA2,16,129 (b) If the department determines that the percentage of pupils in a school who
10participate in the examinations administered under s. 118.30 is inadequate, the
11department may use that as a factor in determining the school's grade under sub. (3)
12(a).
AB379-ASA2,16,17 13(7) The legislative audit bureau shall study the department's methodology for
14calculating the performance of schools and school districts for the most recently
15issued accountability reports under this section and submit its findings to the joint
16legislative audit committee under s. 13.172 (3) in January 2019 and annually
17thereafter.
AB379-ASA2,16,21 18(8) (a) By July 1 of each odd-numbered year, the academic accountability
19council shall make recommendations to the department, and provide a copy of the
20recommendations to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under
21s. 13.172 (3), on all of the following:
AB379-ASA2,16,2522 1. Whether a school, determined by the University of Wisconsin-Madison
23Value-Added Research Center to demonstrate high-value added growth under s.
24118.40 (5) (b) 4., 118.425 (4) (d) 1., 118.60 (9m) (a) 4., or 119.23 (9m) (a) 4., should be
25sanctioned under s. 118.40 (5) (b), 118.425 (4), 118.60 (9m), or 119.23 (9m).
AB379-ASA2,17,1
11m. Defining "high-value added growth" for the purpose of subd. 1.
AB379-ASA2,17,32 2. How a school's and school district's grade should be affected whenever a pupil
3is excused from taking an examination under s. 118.30 (2) (b) 3. to 6.
AB379-ASA2,17,94 3. Policies that address appropriate accommodations on statewide
5assessments for a pupil attending a private school participating in a parental choice
6program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 who is a child with a disability, a limited-English
7proficient pupil, or eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b)
8that are similar to the accommodations made for such pupils attending public
9schools.
AB379-ASA2,17,1110 4. Further clarifying the data specified in sub. (4) that the department may use
11for each measure specified in sub. (2) (a).
AB379-ASA2,17,1312 5. The methodology for calculating the performance of schools and school
13districts under this section.
AB379-ASA2,17,1514 6. The appropriate weight to be given each of the measures under sub. (2) (a)
15for the grades issued under sub. (2) (c).
AB379-ASA2,17,1616 7. The qualifying score for each grade under sub. (2) (c).
AB379-ASA2,17,1917 8. A list of nationally recognized, norm-referenced tests that a private school
18participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 may use under
19sub. (4m) (b).
AB379-ASA2,17,2120 9. Modifying the sanctions under ss. 118.40 (5) (b), 118.425 (4), 118.60 (9m), and
21119.23 (9m).
AB379-ASA2,17,2422 (b) The academic accountability council annually shall publish a list of the
23schools being sanctioned and a list of the schools eligible to be sanctioned under ss.
24118.40 (5) (b), 118.425 (4), 118.60 (9m), and 119.23 (9m).
AB379-ASA2,17 25Section 17. 115.775 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,18,3
1115.775 (1) Except as provided in sub. (2), an the operator of a charter school
2under s. 118.40 (2r) or 118.425 (4) is a local educational agency, as defined in 20 USC
31401
(19), and shall comply with 20 USC 1400 to 1482.
AB379-ASA2,18 4Section 18. 118.125 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,18,205 118.125 (4) Transfer of records. Within 5 working days, a school district, a
6charter school, including a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r),
and a
7private school participating in the a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or in
8the program under s.
119.23 shall transfer to another school, including a private,
9charter,
or tribal school, or school district, all pupil records relating to a specific pupil
10if the transferring school district or private school has received written notice from
11the pupil if he or she is an adult or his or her parent or guardian if the pupil is a minor
12that the pupil intends to enroll in the other school or school district or written notice
13from the other school or school district that the pupil has enrolled or from a court that
14the pupil has been placed in a juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02
15(10p), or a secured residential care center for children and youth, as defined in s.
16938.02 (15g). In this subsection, "school" and "school district" include any juvenile
17correctional facility, secured residential care center for children and youth, adult
18correctional institution, mental health institute, or center for the developmentally
19disabled that provides an educational program for its residents instead of or in
20addition to that which is provided by public, private, and tribal schools.
AB379-ASA2,19 21Section 19. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,18,2522 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. (intro.) All Any of the following entities may establish by
23charter and operate a charter school or, on behalf of their respective entities, may
24initiate a
contract with an individual or group a person to operate a school as a
25charter school:
AB379-ASA2,20
1Section 20. 118.40 (2r) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,19,102 118.40 (2r) (b) 2. A charter shall include all of the provisions specified under
3sub. (1m) (b) 3. to 14.
A contract shall include all of the provisions specified under
4sub. (1m) (b) 1. to 14. and shall specify the effect of the establishment of the charter
5school on the liability of the contracting entity under this paragraph. The contract
6may include other provisions agreed to by the parties. The chancellor of the
7University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee or of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside may
8not establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of a charter school under
9this paragraph without the approval of the board of regents of the University of
10Wisconsin System.
AB379-ASA2,21 11Section 21. 118.40 (2r) (b) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,19,1312 118.40 (2r) (b) 2m. a. A charter or contract may include grounds for expelling
13a pupil from the charter school.
AB379-ASA2,19,1614 b. If the charter or contract includes grounds for expelling a pupil from the
15charter school as permitted under subd. 2m. a., the charter or contract shall include
16the procedures to be followed by the charter school prior to expelling a pupil.
AB379-ASA2,22 17Section 22. 118.40 (2r) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,19,1918 118.40 (2r) (b) 4. No chartering or contracting entity under subd. 1. may
19establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of a virtual charter school.
AB379-ASA2,23 20Section 23. 118.40 (2r) (bm) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act
2120
, is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,20,622 118.40 (2r) (bm) The common council of the city of Milwaukee and the
23Milwaukee area technical college district board may establish or enter into a
24contract for the establishment of a charter school located only in the school district
25operating under ch. 119. The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

1may establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of a charter school
2located only in Milwaukee County or in an adjacent county. The chancellor of the
3University of Wisconsin-Parkside may only establish or enter into a contract for the
4establishment of a charter school located in a unified school district that is located
5in the county in which the University of Wisconsin-Parkside is situated or in an
6adjacent county.
AB379-ASA2,24 7Section 24. 118.40 (2r) (cm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,20,118 118.40 (2r) (cm) The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside may
9establish or enter into a contract for the establishment of only one charter school
10under this subsection, which may not operate high school grades and which may not
11accommodate more than 480 pupils.
AB379-ASA2,25 12Section 25. 118.40 (2r) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,20,1413 118.40 (2r) (d) (intro.) The chartering or contracting entity under par. (b) shall
14do all of the following:
AB379-ASA2,26 15Section 26. 118.40 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,20,2016 118.40 (3) (b) A contract under par. (a) or under subs. sub. (2m) or (2r) may be
17for any term not exceeding 5 school years and may be renewed for one or more terms
18not exceeding 5 school years, except that upon request of the charter school operator,
19the initial contract shall be for a term of 5 years
. The contract shall specify the
20amount to be paid to the charter school during each school year of the contract.
AB379-ASA2,27 21Section 27. 118.40 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,20,2522 118.40 (3) (e) When establishing or contracting for the establishment of a
23charter school under this section, a school board or entity specified under sub. (2r)
24(b) shall consider the principles and standards for quality charter schools established
25by the National Association of Charter School Authorizers.
AB379-ASA2,28
1Section 28. 118.40 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,21,72 118.40 (4) (c) Single-sex schools and courses. A school board may enter into a
3contract for, and an
or entity under sub. (2r) (b) may establish or enter into a contract
4for, the establishment of a charter school that enrolls only one sex or that provides
5one or more courses that enroll only one sex if the school board or entity under sub.
6(2r) (b) makes available to the opposite sex, under the same policies and criteria of
7admission, schools or courses that are comparable to each such school or course.
AB379-ASA2,29 8Section 29. 118.40 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 118.40 (5) (a).
AB379-ASA2,30 9Section 30. 118.40 (5) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB379-ASA2,21,1310 118.40 (5) (b) 1. Except as provided in subds. 3. to 4m., a school board or entity
11under sub. (2r) that has contracted for the establishment of a charter school shall
12revoke the contract if the department determines under s. 115.39 (3) that the charter
13school has received the grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 5. for 3 consecutive school years.
AB379-ASA2,21,1914 2. Except as provided in subds. 3. to 4m., a school board or entity under sub.
15(2r) that has contracted for the establishment of a charter school shall revoke the
16contract if the department determines under s. 115.39 (3) that the charter school has
17received the grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 5. in at least 3 of 5 consecutive school years
18and a grade no higher than the grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 4. in the other 2 school
19years.
AB379-ASA2,21,2220 3. A school board or entity under sub. (2r) may not revoke a contract under
21subd. 1. or 2. based on the grades received by the charter school during the school's
22first 2 school years.
AB379-ASA2,22,223 4. A school board or entity under sub. (2r) may not revoke a contract under
24subd. 1. or 2. if the department determines, based on the recommendation of the
25academic accountability council under s. 115.39 (8) (a) 1. and on information

1provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center,
2that the school demonstrates high-value added growth.
AB379-ASA2,22,43 4m. A school board or entity under sub. (2r) may not revoke a contract under
4subd. 1. or 2. unless it is otherwise required to do so by state law.
AB379-ASA2,22,75 5. The revocation of a contract under subd. 1. or 2. is initially effective on the
6July 1 following the issuance of the school's accountability report under s. 115.39 (3)
7containing the department's determination under subd. 1. or 2.
AB379-ASA2,22,108 6. If a charter school that has had its contract revoked under subd. 1. or 2.
9reopens as a private school, it may not participate in a parental choice program under
10s. 118.60 or 119.23.
AB379-ASA2,31 11Section 31. 118.42 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,22,13 12118.42 (title) Low-performing school districts and schools; state
13superintendent interventions.
AB379-ASA2,32 14Section 32. 118.42 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
AB379-ASA2,33 15Section 33. 118.42 (3) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB379-ASA2,34 16Section 34. 118.42 (3) (c) 1. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,22,1817 118.42 (3) (c) 1. (intro.) If the state superintendent issues a directive under par.
18(a) or (b), he or she shall do all of the following:
AB379-ASA2,35 19Section 35. 118.42 (3) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,22,2220 118.42 (3) (c) 2. If a school board receives a directive from the state
21superintendent under par. (a) or (b), the school board shall seek input from school
22district staff, parents, and community leaders on implementing the directive.
AB379-ASA2,36 23Section 36. 118.42 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB379-ASA2,23,224 118.42 (4) The state superintendent shall promulgate rules establishing
25criteria and procedures for determining whether a school or school district is in need

1of improvement and whether a school is among the lowest performing 5 percent of
2all public schools in the state,
for the purposes of this section.
AB379-ASA2,37 3Section 37. 118.425 of the statutes is created to read:
AB379-ASA2,23,5 4118.425 Low-performing public schools. (2) Applicability. This section
5applies beginning on July 1, 2019.
AB379-ASA2,23,12 6(4) Sanctions. (a) Except as provided in par. (d), if the department determines
7under s. 115.39 (3) that a public school, other than a charter school, has received the
8grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 5. for 3 consecutive school years, or has received the
9grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 5. in at least 3 of 5 consecutive school years and a grade
10no higher than the grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 4. in the other 2 school years, the
11school board shall determine whether to permanently close the school or contract
12under s. 118.40 with a person to operate the school as a charter school.
AB379-ASA2,23,2113 (b) 1. If the school board determines to contract with a person to operate the
14school as a charter school, it shall issue a request for proposals and publish a class
151 notice under ch. 985 of the statutes within 30 days of the department's
16determination under par. (a). The school board shall enter into the contract by the
17February 1 following the department's determination under par. (a). The contract
18shall provide for the attendance of pupils beginning in the following school year. The
19contract may not require the person operating the school to purchase or lease the
20school. The contract shall require the operator of the charter school to do all of the
21following in the school:
AB379-ASA2,23,2222 a. Replace the school's principal.
AB379-ASA2,23,2323 b. Implement a rigorous staff evaluation and development system.
AB379-ASA2,23,2524 c. Reward staff who increase pupil academic achievement or high school
25graduation rates.
AB379-ASA2,24,1
1d. Institute comprehensive instructional reform.
AB379-ASA2,24,22 e. Increase the time provided for pupil instruction.
AB379-ASA2,24,33 f. Apply community-oriented school strategies.
AB379-ASA2,24,44 g. Provide greater operational flexibility and support for the school.
AB379-ASA2,24,95 2. A school board that contracts with a person to operate the school as a charter
6school under subd. 1. shall ensure that all teachers who had been assigned to the
7school must reapply in order to be reassigned to the school. Any teacher who scores
8in the lowest category of teacher effectiveness under s. 115.415 may not be reassigned
9to the school.
AB379-ASA2,24,1310 (c) If the school board determines to permanently close the school under par.
11(a), the school closing takes effect on the July 1 following the issuance of the school's
12accountability report under s. 115.39 (3) containing the department's determination
13under par. (a).
AB379-ASA2,24,1714 (d) 1. Paragraph (a) does not apply if the department determines, based on the
15recommendation of the academic accountability council under s. 115.39 (8) (a) 1. and
16on information provided by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added
17Research Center, that the school demonstrates high-value added growth.
AB379-ASA2,24,1918 2. A newly constructed school may not be sanctioned under par. (a) based on
19the grades received by the school during the school's first 2 school years of operation.
AB379-ASA2,24,2220 3. A school board is not required to close a school or contract under s. 118.40
21with a person to operate the school as a charter school under par. (a) unless it is
22otherwise required to do so by state law.
AB379-ASA2,25,223 (e) Notwithstanding s. 118.40 (3) (b), the school board shall pay the operator
24of a charter school established under par. (b), for each full-time equivalent pupil

1attending the charter school, an amount equal to at least 90 percent of the average
2per-pupil cost for the school district.
AB379-ASA2,38 3Section 38. 118.60 (9m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB379-ASA2,25,94 118.60 (9m) (a) 1. Except as provided in subds. 3. to 5., if the department
5determines under s. 115.39 (3) that a private school participating in the program
6under this section has received the grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 5. for 3 consecutive
7school years, the state superintendent shall issue an order permanently barring the
8private school from accepting any pupils under this section who were not attending
9the private school under this section in the school year in which the order was issued.
AB379-ASA2,25,1610 2. Except as provided in subds. 3. to 5., if the department determines under s.
11115.39 (3) that a private school participating in the program under this section has
12received the grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 5. in at least 3 of 5 consecutive school years
13and a grade no higher than the grade under s. 115.39 (2) (c) 4. in the other 2 school
14years, the state superintendent shall issue an order permanently barring the private
15school from accepting any pupils under this section who were not attending the
16private school under this section in the school year in which the order was issued.
AB379-ASA2,25,2017 3. A private school participating in the program under this section may not be
18sanctioned under subd. 1. or 2. based on the grades received by the private school
19during the school's first 2 school years of participating in the program under this
20section.
AB379-ASA2,25,2521 4. If the department determines, based on the recommendation of the academic
22accountability council under s. 115.39 (8) (a) 1. and on information provided by the
23University of Wisconsin-Madison Value-Added Research Center, that the school
24demonstrates high-value added growth, the state superintendent may not issue an
25order under subd. 1. or 2.
AB379-ASA2,26,2
15. The state superintendent may not issue an order under subd. 1. or 2. unless
2he or she is otherwise required to do so by state law.
AB379-ASA2,26,43 (b) A private school that has been barred from accepting new pupils under par.
4(a) may not reopen as a charter school.
AB379-ASA2,39 5Section 39. 118.60 (10) (c) of the statutes, as affected by 2013 Wisconsin Act
620
, is amended to read:
Loading...
Loading...