LRB-4243/1
PG&TKK:jld/cjs/med:jf
2011 - 2012 LEGISLATURE
March 7, 2012 - Printed by direction of Assembly Chief Clerk.
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1An Act to repeal 20.505 (4) (c);
to renumber and amend 14.20 (2);
to amend
214.20 (title), 20.525 (1) (f), 115.28 (7) (a), 115.28 (7) (e) 2., 119.04 (1) and 121.02
3(1) (c) (intro.);
to repeal and recreate 14.20 (1); and
to create 13.94 (1) (dL),
413.94 (1s) (c) 6., 14.017 (5), 14.20 (1m), 14.20 (2) (b) and (c), 20.255 (1) (f), 20.255
5(2) (q), 20.525 (1) (q), 25.17 (1) (ge), 25.79, 115.28 (7g), 115.28 (12) (ag), 115.415,
6118.016, 118.19 (14), 120.12 (2m) and 121.02 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes;
relating
7to: the governor's read to lead development fund, the Read to Lead
8Development Council, grants in support of literacy and early childhood
9development programs, teacher licensure, screening kindergarten pupils for
10reading readiness, interventions or remedial reading services for certain
1pupils, evaluating teacher preparatory programs and educator effectiveness,
2requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Engrossment information:
The text of Engrossed 2011 Senate Bill 461 consists of the following documents
adopted in the senate on March 6, 2012: Senate Substitute Amendment 1 as affected
by Senate Amendment 3, Senate Amendment 4 (as affected by Senate Amendments
3 and 4 thereto), and Senate Amendment 5.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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13.94
(1) (dL) Annually, conduct a financial audit of the governor's read to lead
5development fund. The legislative audit bureau shall file a copy of the report of the
6audit under this paragraph with the distributees specified in par. (b).
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13.94
(1s) (c) 6. The department of administration for the cost of the audit
9under sub. (1) (dL).
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14.017
(5) Read to lead development council. (a) There is created in the office
12of the governor a read to lead development council consisting of all of the following:
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1. The governor or his or her designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the
14council.
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2. The state superintendent of public instruction or his or her designee, who
16shall serve as vice-chair of the council.
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13. The chairpersons of the committees in the assembly and the senate whose
2subject matter is elementary and secondary education or members of those
3committees designated by those chairpersons.
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4. The ranking minority members of each of the committees under subd. 3. or
5members of those committees designated by the ranking minority members.
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5. The following members appointed by the governor for 3-year terms:
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a. Two practicing elementary and secondary education teachers or principals.
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b. One practicing preschool teacher.
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c. Three persons representing this state's philanthropic community.
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d. Three persons representing this state's business community.
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e. One person representing the Wisconsin State Reading Association.
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f. One person representing the Wisconsin Reading Coalition.
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g. One person representing the International Dyslexia Association.
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h. One person representing Wisconsin Literacy, Inc.
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i. One person representing the Wisconsin Library Association.
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j. One person representing this state's research community.
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k. One person representing an organization that has as its mission service to
18children with various types of disabilities.
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(b) Section 15.09 applies to the read to lead development council.
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2114.20 (title)
Literacy improvement aids and early childhood
22development grants.
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14.20
(1) In this section:
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(a) "Council" means the read to lead development council.
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1(b) "State superintendent" means the state superintendent of public
2instruction.
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14.20
(1m) The council shall make recommendations to the governor and state
5superintendent regarding recipients of grants under sub. (2). The amount of each
6grant awarded shall be determined jointly by the governor and the state
7superintendent. In addition to reports required under s. 15.09 (7), annually the
8council shall submit a report on its operation to the appropriate standing committees
9of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).
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10Section
5. 14.20 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 14.20 (2) (a) and amended
11to read:
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14.20
(2) (a) From the appropriation under s. 20.525 (1) (f), the governor may
13provide award a grant to any
local governmental unit or nonprofit organization 14person other than a school board for support of a literacy improvement program.
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14.20
(2) (b) From the appropriation under s. 20.525 (1) (q), the governor may
17award a grant to any person other than a school board for support of a literacy or early
18childhood development program.
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(c) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (q), the state superintendent
20may award a grant to a school board for support of a literacy or early childhood
21development program.
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20.255
(1) (f)
Assessments of reading readiness. The amounts in the schedule
3to provide school districts and independent charter schools with the assessments of
4reading readiness under s. 118.016.
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20.255
(2) (q)
Grants for literacy and early childhood development programs. 7From the governor's read to lead development fund, a sum sufficient for grants to
8support literacy and early childhood development programs under s. 14.20 (2) (c).
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20.525
(1) (f)
Literacy improvement aids. The amounts in the schedule for
the
13governor to provide grants
for to support literacy improvement under s. 14.20
(2) (a).
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20.525
(1) (q)
Grants for literacy and early childhood development programs. 16From the governor's read to lead development fund, a sum sufficient for grants to
17support literacy and early childhood development programs under s. 14.20 (2) (b).
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25.17
(1) (ge) Governor's read to lead development fund.
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225.79 Governor's read to lead development fund. There is established a
3separate nonlapsible trust fund, designated the governor's read to lead development
4fund, consisting of all gifts, grants, bequests, and other contributions made to the
5fund.
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115.28
(7) (a) License all teachers for the public schools of the state
,; make rules
8establishing standards of attainment and procedures for the examination and
9licensing of teachers within the limits prescribed in ss. 118.19 (2) and (3), 118.192
, 10and 118.195
,; prescribe by rule standards
, requirements, and procedures for the
11approval of teacher preparatory programs leading to licensure,
including a
12requirement that, beginning on July 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, each teacher
13preparatory program located in this state shall submit to the department a list of
14individuals who have completed the program and who have been recommended by
15the program for licensure under this subsection, together with each individual's date
16of program completion, from each term or semester of the program's most recently
17completed academic year; file in the state superintendent's office all papers relating
18to state teachers' licenses
; and register each such license.
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115.28
(7) (e) 2. Promulgate rules establishing requirements for licensure as
21an alternative education program teacher and for the approval of teacher education
22programs leading to licensure as an alternative education program teacher.
The
23rules shall include a requirement that each teacher education program described in
24this subdivision and located in this state shall, beginning on July 1, 2012, and
25annually thereafter, submit to the department a list of individuals who have
1completed the program and who have been recommended by the program for
2licensure under this subdivision, together with each individual's date of program
3completion, from each term or semester of the program's most recently completed
4academic year. The rules shall encompass the teaching of multiple subjects or grade
5levels or both, as determined by the state superintendent. The rules may require
6teacher education programs to grant credit towards licensure as an alternative
7education program teacher for relevant experience or demonstrated proficiency in
8relevant skills and knowledge.
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115.28
(7g) Evaluation of teacher preparatory programs.
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(a) The department shall, in consultation with the governor's office, the
12chairpersons of the committees in the assembly and senate whose subject matter is
13elementary and secondary education and ranking members of those committees, the
14Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, and the Wisconsin
15Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, do all of the following:
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1. Determine how the performance of individuals who have recently completed
17a teacher preparatory program described in s. 115.28 (7) (a) and located in this state
18or a teacher education program described in s. 115.28 (7) (e) 2. and located in this
19state will be used to evaluate the teacher preparatory and education programs. The
20determination under this subdivision shall, at minimum, define "recently
21completed" and identify measures to assess an individual's performance, including
22the performance assessment made prior to making a recommendation for licensure.