2009 - 2010 LEGISLATURE
October 28, 2009 - Introduced by Committee on Education. Referred to Committee
on Education.
SB372,1,5 1An Act to amend 111.70 (1) (a), 118.30 (2) (c) and 119.04 (1); and to create 111.70
2(4) (o) and 118.225 of the statutes; relating to: using the results of
3standardized examinations to evaluate teachers and requiring the
4development of a teacher evaluation plan to be a mandatory subject of collective
5bargaining.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law directs school districts to administer certain standardized
examinations to pupils enrolled in the 4th, 8th, and 10th grades. Current law
prohibits a school board from using the results of the examinations to evaluate
teacher performance; to discharge, suspend, or formally discipline a teacher; or as
the reason for the nonrenewal of a teacher's contract.
This bill allows the results of the state-required standardized examinations
and the standardized examinations required under the federal No Child Left Behind
Act to be used for the evaluation of teacher performance if certain conditions are met.
The school board must develop a teacher evaluation plan that includes a description
of the evaluation process, multiple criteria in addition to examination results, the
rationale for using examination results for evaluating teachers, and an explanation
of how the school board intends to use the evaluations to improve pupil academic
achievement. This bill also requires a school district to bargain collectively over the
development of the teacher evaluation plan.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB372, s. 1 1Section 1. 111.70 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 28,
2is amended to read:
SB372,3,53 111.70 (1) (a) "Collective bargaining" means the performance of the mutual
4obligation of a municipal employer, through its officers and agents, and the
5representative of its municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit, to meet and
6confer at reasonable times, in good faith, with the intention of reaching an
7agreement, or to resolve questions arising under such an agreement, with respect to
8wages, hours and conditions of employment, and with respect to a requirement of the
9municipal employer for a municipal employee to perform law enforcement and fire
10fighting services under s. 61.66 and for a school district with respect to any matter
11under sub. (4) (o)
, except as provided in subs. (3m), (3p), and (4) (m) and (mc) and s.
1240.81 (3) and except that a municipal employer shall not meet and confer with respect
13to any proposal to diminish or abridge the rights guaranteed to municipal employees
14under ch. 164. The duty to bargain, however, does not compel either party to agree
15to a proposal or require the making of a concession. Collective bargaining includes
16the reduction of any agreement reached to a written and signed document. The
17municipal employer shall not be required to bargain on subjects reserved to
18management and direction of the governmental unit except insofar as the manner
19of exercise of such functions affects the wages, hours and conditions of employment
20of the municipal employees in a collective bargaining unit. In creating this
21subchapter the legislature recognizes that the municipal employer must exercise its

1powers and responsibilities to act for the government and good order of the
2jurisdiction which it serves, its commercial benefit and the health, safety and welfare
3of the public to assure orderly operations and functions within its jurisdiction,
4subject to those rights secured to municipal employees by the constitutions of this
5state and of the United States and by this subchapter.
SB372, s. 2 6Section 2. 111.70 (4) (o) of the statutes is created to read:
SB372,3,117 111.70 (4) (o) Mandatory subjects of bargaining. In a school district, in addition
8to any subject of bargaining on which the municipal employer is required to bargain
9under sub. (1) (a), the municipal employer is required to bargain collectively with
10respect to the development of or any changes to a teacher evaluation plan under s.
11118.225.
SB372, s. 3 12Section 3. 118.225 of the statutes is created to read:
SB372,3,16 13118.225 Teacher evaluations. A school board may use the results of
14examinations administered to pupils under s. 118.30 and 20 USC 6311 (b) (3) to
15evaluate teachers if the school board has developed a teacher evaluation plan that
16includes all of the following:
SB372,3,17 17(1) A description of the evaluation process.
SB372,3,18 18(2) Multiple criteria in addition to examination results.
SB372,3,19 19(3) The rationale for using examination results to evaluate teachers.
SB372,3,21 20(4) An explanation of how the school board intends to use the evaluations to
21improve pupil academic achievement.
SB372, s. 4 22Section 4. 118.30 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
SB372,4,223 118.30 (2) (c) The results of examinations administered under this section or
24under 20 USC 6311 (b) (3)
to pupils enrolled in public schools, including charter
25schools, may not be used to evaluate teacher performance, to discharge, suspend or

1formally discipline a teacher or as the reason for the nonrenewal of a teacher's
2contract.
SB372, s. 5 3Section 5. 119.04 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2009 Wisconsin Act 28, is
4amended to read:
SB372,4,135 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
666.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
7115.345, 115.361, 115.365 (3), 115.38 (2), 115.445, 115.45, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045,
8118.06, 118.07, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15, 118.153,
9118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.20, 118.225, 118.24 (1), (2) (c)
10to (f), (6) and (8), 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.30 to 118.43, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55,
11120.12 (5) and (15) to (25), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26),
12(34), (35), (37), (37m), and (38), 120.14, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st
13class city school district and board.
SB372,4,1414 (End)
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