Amendment ASA3-AB126

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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 3, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 126

December 11, 2013 - Offered by Representative Kestell.

AB126-ASA3,1,3 An Act to amend 115.415 (3) (a) (intro.); and to create 118.40 (3) (f) of the statutes; relating to: replicating charter schools and utilizing an alternative process for educator effectiveness.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB126-ASA3,1 Section 1. 115.415 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB126-ASA3,2,5 115.415 (3) (a) (intro.) The department shall promulgate by rule an equivalency process aligned with the evaluation system established under sub. (2) for a school district, a charter school under contract with a school board that is not an instrumentality of the school district, or a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) seeking to utilize an alternative process for the evaluation of teacher and principal practice. The process under this subsection shall be based on the criteria established in the 2011 Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium and the 2008 Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership Policy Standards, and a school district, a charter school under contract with a school board that is not an instrumentality of the school district, or charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) that uses the process under this subsection shall evaluate the performance of teachers in the following domains:

AB126-ASA3,2 Section 2. 118.40 (3) (f) of the statutes is created to read:

AB126-ASA3,2,16 118.40 (3) (f) 1. In this paragraph, a person has a proven track record of success if, during each of the 2 immediately preceding school years, a person operated a charter school in which the total percentage of pupils attending the charter school who received a score of advanced or proficient on the state assessments for math and reading under ss. 118.30 and 121.02 (1) (r), or on an alternate assessment for math or reading under an individualized education program, in all tested grades is at least 10 percentage points greater than the total percentage of pupils attending public schools operated by the school board that governs the school district in which the charter school is located who received the same scores on the same assessments in the same grades.

AB126-ASA3,2,22 2. Subject to subd. 4., an entity under sub. (2r) (b) 1. a., b., or d. that has contracted with a person to operate a charter school shall, upon receiving a letter of intent under subd. 3. from the person, amend the existing contract or enter into a new contract with the person to authorize the person to operate one or more additional charter schools if the person has a proven track record of success for each charter school the person operates in this state.

AB126-ASA3,2,25 3. To operate an additional charter school under subd. 2., a person must submit to the entity under sub. (2r) (b) 1. a., b., or d. a letter of intent that includes all of the following:

AB126-ASA3,3,1 a. The date on which instruction will begin at each additional charter school.

AB126-ASA3,3,2 b. The general location of each additional charter school.

AB126-ASA3,3,5 c. A description of any potential facility that may be used by each additional charter school, including the approximate number of pupils that each facility may safely accommodate.

AB126-ASA3,3,7 d. Evidence demonstrating that the person has a proven track record of success for each charter school the person operates in this state.

AB126-ASA3,3,10 4. An entity under sub. (2r) (b) 1. a., b., or d. shall authorize a person to operate no more than 2 additional charter schools per school year under this paragraph, unless the parties agree to more than 2.

AB126-ASA3,3,14 5. An additional charter school authorized under this paragraph is not a satellite or subsidiary campus of the charter school for which the operator demonstrated a proven track record of success under subd. 2. and is considered an individual school for funding purposes.

AB126-ASA3,3 Section 3. Initial applicability.

AB126-ASA3,3,18 (1) Charter schools contracts. The creation of section 118.40 (3) (f) of the statutes first applies to a contract for the establishment of a charter school that is entered into, modified, or renewed on the effective date of this subsection.

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