SB462: Bill Text

SB462,22,23 (a) Reduce each 9th grade class size to no more than 20.

SB462,22,25 (b) Keep the school open every day from early in the morning until late in the day, as specified in the contract.

SB462,23,3 (c) Collaborate with community organizations to make educational and recreational opportunities, as well as a variety of community and social services, available in the school to all residents in the school's attendance area.

SB462,23,5 (d) 1. Provide a rigorous academic curriculum designed to improve pupil academic achievement.

SB462,23,9 2. In consultation with the department and with the participation of the school's teachers and administrators and residents in the school's attendance area, review the school's current 9th grade curriculum to determine how well it promotes 9th grade pupil academic achievement.

SB462,23,11 3. If necessary, outline any changes to the curriculum to improve 9th grade pupil academic achievement.

SB462,23,14 (e) 1. Develop a one-year program for all newly hired employees that helps them make the transition from their previous employment or school to their current employment.

SB462,23,15 2. Provide time for employees to collaborate and plan.

SB462,23,20 3. Require that each teacher and administrator submit to the board a professional development plan that focuses on how the individual will help improve 9th grade pupil academic achievement. The plan shall include a method by which the individual will receive evaluations on the success of his or her efforts from a variety of sources.

SB462,23,22 4. Regularly review staff development plans to determine if they are effective in helping to improve 9th grade pupil academic achievement.

SB462,23,24 5. Establish an evaluation process for professional staff members that does all of the following:

SB462,23,25 a. Identifies individual strengths and weaknesses.

SB462,24,1 b. Clearly describes areas in need of improvement.

SB462,24,2 c. Includes a support plan that provides opportunities to learn and improve.

SB462,24,3 d. Systematically documents performance in accordance with the support plan.

SB462,24,5 e. Allows professional staff members to comment on and contribute to revisions in the evaluation process.

SB462,24,7 (4) Each achievement guarantee contract under this section shall include all of the following:

SB462,24,10 (a) A description of how the school will implement each of the elements under sub. (3), including any alternative class configurations for specific educational activities that may be used to meet the class size requirement under sub. (3) (a).

SB462,24,12 (b) A description of the method that the board will use to evaluate the academic achievement of the 9th grade pupils enrolled in the school.

SB462,24,16 (c) A description of the school's performance objectives for the academic achievement of the 9th grade pupils enrolled in the school and the means that will be used to evaluate success in attaining the objectives. Performance objectives shall include all of the following:

SB462,24,17 1. The attainment of any educational goals adopted by the board.

SB462,24,19 2. Professional development with the objective of improving pupil academic achievement.

SB462,24,21 3. Methods by which the school involves pupils, parents or guardians of pupils, and other residents of the school attendance area in decisions affecting the school.

SB462,24,23 (d) A description of any statute or rule that is waived under s. 118.38 if the waiver is related to the contract.

SB462,24,25 (e) A description of the means by which the department will monitor compliance with the terms of the contract.

SB462, s. 45 Section 45. 119.315 of the statutes is created to read:

SB462,25,9 119.315 Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics pilot programs for pupils in grades kindergarten to 5. If the board determines that state or federal aid is available, any school in the city that enrolls pupils in grades kindergarten to 5 is eligible to apply to the board for funding to participate in a pilot program designed to develop innovative instructional programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics; support pupils who are typically under-represented in these subjects; and increase the academic achievement of pupils in those subjects.

SB462, s. 46 Section 46. 119.32 (1) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

SB462,25,16 119.32 (1) (a) There is established a superintendent search advisory committee consisting of the mayor or his or her designee; the president of the common council or his or her designee; a representative of businesses located in the city, appointed by the mayor; and a member of the labor organization that represents public school teachers in the school district operating under this chapter, appointed by the head of that labor organization. All committee members shall be residents of the city.

SB462,25,19 (b) The board shall conduct a search for a superintendent of schools whenever that office becomes vacant. The board shall keep the committee under par. (a) fully informed about all applicants for the position.

SB462,25,21 (c) 1. From the pool of applicants, the committee under par. (a) shall select one to recommend to the mayor.

SB462,25,23 2. From the pool of applicants, the board shall select 3 to recommend to the mayor. The mayor may interview the 3 candidates.

SB462,25,25 3. The mayor shall select a candidate from the 3 recommended by the board under subd. 2. to recommend to the board.

SB462,26,4 (d) The board shall by roll call vote select a superintendent of schools from the 3 candidates recommended by the board under par. (c) 2. and notify the mayor of its selection. The mayor may veto the board's selection. If he or she does so, the board may override the veto by a two-thirds vote of the membership.

SB462,26,7 (e) If the board fails to override the mayor's veto, the board shall by roll call vote select another candidate from those recommended under par. (c) 2. and notify the mayor under par. (d), or begin another search under par. (b).

SB462, s. 47 Section 47. 119.32 (8) of the statutes is created to read:

SB462,26,11 119.32 (8) The superintendent of schools may require a principal employed by the board to attend the professional development and training program established under s. 119.16 (12).

SB462, s. 48 Section 48. 119.43 of the statutes is created to read:

SB462,26,23 119.43 Principal tenure; performance reviews. (1) (a) Except as provided in sub. (2), a principal of a public school in a city of the 1st class appointed after the effective date of this paragraph .... [LRB inserts date], shall be initially employed under a 3-year contract with the board and on probation. The superintendent of schools may recommend that the board renew the contract of the principal after the successful completion of a continuous 3-year contract term. After the successful completion of a 2nd consecutive continuous 3-year contract term with the board, the superintendent of schools may recommend that the board make the employment of the principal permanent. The board may accept or reject the recommendation of the superintendent of schools. A principal for whom permanent employment is rejected may appeal the rejection to the board.

SB462,27,8 (b) No principal who has become permanently employed under this section may be refused employment, dismissed, removed, or discharged, except for inefficiency or immorality, for willful and persistent violation of reasonable regulations of the board, or for other good cause, upon written charges based on fact proffered by the board or other proper officer of the board or school in which the principal is employed. Upon the principal's written request and no fewer than 10 nor more than 30 days after receipt of notice by the principal, the charges shall be heard and determined by the board. Hearings shall be public when requested by the principal and all proceedings at the hearing shall be taken by a court reporter. All parties shall be entitled to be represented by counsel at the hearing. The action of the board is final.

SB462,27,13 (2) A principal whose employment is permanent under an agreement entered into before the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], between the board and an organization that is not a labor organization, as defined in s. 111.70 (1) (h), shall retain all of the rights and privileges of permanent employment obtained under that agreement.

SB462,27,15 (3) A principal who is under a 3-year contract with the board is subject to annual performance reviews.

SB462, s. 49 Section 49. 119.475 of the statutes is created to read:

SB462,27,19 119.475 Veto of operating budget. (1) Immediately upon receipt of the school budget under s. 119.16 (8) (b), the common council shall transmit it to the mayor.

SB462,27,25 (2) (a) Notwithstanding ss. 119.46 (1) and 119.47 (1), if the state superintendent has determined that the school district was in need of improvement for the 4 previous school years, the mayor may veto the board's budget for school operations in whole or in part. In vetoing the budget in part, the mayor may not create a new word by rejecting individual letters in the words of the budget, and may not create a new sentence by combining parts of 2 or more sentences of the budget.

SB462,28,3 (b) The state superintendent shall promulgate rules establishing criteria and a procedure for determining whether the school district is in need of improvement under par. (a).

SB462,28,8 (3) The mayor shall transmit the part approved to the common council for implementation and return the part vetoed to the board with his or her objections in writing. If two-thirds of the board's members agree to adopt the part vetoed notwithstanding the mayor's objection, the board shall transmit the part to the common council for implementation.

SB462, s. 50 Section 50. 119.76 of the statutes is created to read:

SB462,28,12 119.76 Pupil ACT testing. (1) Subject to sub. (2), the board shall provide each pupil enrolled in the 11th grade in the school district operating under this chapter with the opportunity to take the ACT test.

SB462,28,17 (2) The board shall comply with all standards for administering the ACT test established by ACT, Inc., including providing reasonable accommodations for a pupil who is a child with a disability, as defined in s. 115.76 (5), if the pupil complies with the process for requesting accommodations and submits sufficient documentation of his or her disability.

SB462, s. 51 Section 51. 119.77 of the statutes is created to read:

SB462,28,23 119.77 Promise neighborhoods. (1) The board shall work with the common council, community agencies, public agencies, and nonprofit charitable organizations to plan for the establishment of promise neighborhoods in the city in which the following services would be integrated and provided to residents of the neighborhoods at no charge:

SB462,28,24 (a) Counseling and training for new parents.

SB462,28,25 (b) Early childhood education.

SB462,29,1 (c) High-quality child care.

SB462,29,2 (d) After-school programming involving children and parents.

SB462,29,3 (e) Crime-prevention support programs.

SB462,29,4 (f) Youth job training and internship opportunities.

SB462,29,5 (g) Local community health centers.

SB462,29,6 (h) Financial counseling.

SB462,29,8 (i) Increased broadband internet access for low-income community members who lack such access.

SB462, s. 52 Section 52. 121.02 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

SB462,29,20 121.02 (3) Prior to any finding that a school district is not in compliance with the standards under sub. (1), the state superintendent shall, upon request of the school board or upon receipt of a petition signed by the maximum number of electors allowed for nomination papers of school district officers under s. 8.10 (3) (i), (km) or (ks) or 8.15 (6) (f), conduct a public hearing in the school district. If the state superintendent, after the hearing, finds that the district is not in compliance with the standards, the state superintendent may develop with the school board a plan which describes methods of achieving compliance. The plan shall specify the time within which compliance shall be achieved. The state superintendent shall withhold up to 25% of state aid from any school district that fails to achieve compliance within the specified period.

SB462, s. 53 Section 53. Nonstatutory provisions.

SB462,30,2 (1) Promise neighborhoods. No later than 365 days after the effective date of this subsection, the partnership for success committee under section 119.11 of the statutes, as created by this act, shall communicate in writing with the federal office of urban affairs to identify sources of federal funding for establishing a pilot promise neighborhood under section 119.77 of the statutes, as created by this act.

SB462,30,8 (2) Unfunded liability. By the 1st day of the 12th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, the partnership for success committee under section 119.11 of the statutes, as created by this act, working with school administrators, teachers' collective bargaining representatives, and an independent 3rd party, shall develop a plan for addressing the unfunded liability of the school district operating under chapter 119 of the statutes.

SB462, s. 54 Section 54. Initial applicability.

SB462,30,12 (1) The treatment of section 119.08 (1) (a) and (b) of the statutes first applies with respect to election district apportionment plans that are adopted following adjustment of ward boundaries in response to the 2010 federal decennial census.

SB462, s. 55 Section 55. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:

SB462,30,20 (1) Method of election of 1st class city school directors. The treatment of sections 5.58 (1g) (b) and (c), (2) and (3), 5.60 (4) (b), 5.62 (4m), 5.64 (4) (title), 8.10 (3) (i), 8.11 (2m), 8.15 (5) (a) and (6) (f), 119.06 (2), (3) (intro.), (a) and (b), (4) (b), (c) and (d), (5) and (6), 119.08 (2), (3), and (4), 119.10 (1) and (2) and 121.02 (3) of the statutes and the creation of section 119.07 of the statutes take effect on November 1, 2011.

SB462,30,22 (2) First class city school election transitional provisions. The repeal of section 119.07 of the statutes takes effect on January 1, 2015.

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