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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 2,
TO SENATE BILL 598
March 20, 2014 - Offered by Representatives Pope,
Wright, Clark and Hesselbein.
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21. Page 1, line 2: after "effectiveness" insert ", the student information system,
3a school and school district accountability system, low-performing schools and
4school districts, and charter school contracts".
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20.255
(1) (e)
Student information system. As a continuing appropriation, the
10amounts in the schedule for the student information system under s.
115.28 (12) 11115.383.
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120.255
(1) (he)
Student information system; fees. All moneys received from fees
2charged as authorized under s.
115.28 (12) (b) 115.383 (3) (c) to be used for the student
3information system established under s.
115.28 (12) (a) 115.383 (1).
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4Section 1c. 115.001 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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115.001
(1) Charter school. "Charter school" means a school under contract
6with a school board under s. 118.40 or with
one of the entities an entity under s.
7118.40 (2r) (b)
, or a school established and operated by one of the entities under s.
8118.40 (2r) (b).".
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10"
Section 4a. 115.28 (12) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.383 (title).
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11Section 4b. 115.28 (12) (a) of the statutes, as affected by
2013 Wisconsin Act
1220, is renumbered 115.383 (1), and 115.383 (1) (a) and (c), as renumbered, are
13amended to read:
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115.383
(1) (a) Develop a proposal for a multiple-vendor student information
15system for the standardized collection of pupil data. The proposal shall allow schools
16and school districts to use their vendor of choice and include reporting requirements
17that can reasonably be met by multiple vendors. The state superintendent may not
18establish a student information system unless the proposal is approved by the joint
19committee on finance under
subd. 2 par. (b).
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(c) If the proposal is approved under
subd. 2. par. (b), the state superintendent
21shall ensure that information about pupils enrolled in charter schools and about
22pupils enrolled in private schools participating in a parental choice program under
23s. 118.60 or 119.23, including their academic performance and demographic
1information, aggregated by school district, school, and teacher, is collected and
2maintained in the student information system.
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115.383
(2) (intro.) If the student information system is established under
par.
6(a) sub. (1), each school district, charter school, and private school using the system
7under
par. (a) sub. (1) shall include in the system the following information for each
8teacher teaching in the school district or school who completed a teacher
preparatory 9education program described in
sub.
s. 115.28 (7) (a)
or (e) 2. and located in this state
10or a teacher education program described in sub. (7) (e) 2. and located in this state 11on or after January 1, 2012
, or, for each teacher teaching in a private school
12participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, who obtained
13a bachelor's degree from an institution located in this state on or after July 1, 2010:
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14Section 4d. 115.28 (12) (ag) 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered 115.383
15(2) (a) and (b) and amended to read:
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115.383
(2) (a) The name of the teacher
preparatory program or teacher 17education program the teacher attended and completed
or the name of the institution
18from which the teacher obtained a bachelor's degree.
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(b) The term or semester and year in which the teacher completed the
teacher
20education program
described in subd. 1 or obtained a bachelor's degree.
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115.383
(3) (a) If the student information system is established under
par. (a), 24sub. (1), the state superintendent shall ensure that within 5 years of the
25establishment of the system
under par. (a), every school district and
every charter
1school
, other than a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r), is using the
2system
, and that.
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3(b) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, the state superintendent shall ensure
4that every charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) and every private school
5participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 is either using
6the system under
par. (a) sub. (1) or is using a system that is
interoperable with the
7system under par. (a). The commercially available, capable of providing the
8information required under s. 115.39, able to obtain pupil identification numbers
9under sub. (5), and compatible with the most recent version of the Schools
10Interoperability Framework.
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11(c) If the student information system is established under sub. (1), the state
12superintendent may promulgate rules authorizing the department to charge a fee to
13any person that uses the system. All fees shall be credited to the appropriation
14account under s. 20.255 (1) (he).
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17Section 4g. 115.383 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.383
(4) A private school participating in a parental choice program under
19s. 118.60 or 119.23 is not required to include information about pupils who are not
20attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 in the system it is using under
21sub. (3).
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22Section 4h. 115.383 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
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115.383
(5) The state superintendent shall assign to each pupil attending a
24public school or charter school, and to each pupil attending a private school under
25s. 118.60 or 119.23, a unique identification number for use in the student information
1system. The state superintendent shall not assign to any pupil an identification
2number that is identical to or incorporates the pupil's social security number.
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5Section 4j. 115.39 of the statutes is created to read:
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6115.39 School and school district accountability system. (1) In this
7section, "school" means a public school, including a charter school, and a private
8school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
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9(2) The department shall establish a comprehensive school and school district
10accountability system beginning in the 2014-15 school year that includes all of the
11following components:
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(a) Multiple measures to determine a school's and school district's performance
13under s. 118.42, including all of the following categorized by English language
14proficiency, disability, income level, and race or ethnicity:
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1. Pupil achievement in reading and mathematics.
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2. Growth in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics, calculated using
17a value-added methodology that includes demographic controls.
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3. College and career readiness for high school pupils and being on track for
19college and career readiness for pupils in the elementary grades.
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4. Gap closure in pupil academic achievement and graduation rates.
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5. Pupil engagement in school.
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(b) Measures to ensure that all data elements collected and calculations
23performed are done consistently and in a uniform manner for all schools.
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(c) An index system to rate a school's and a school district's level of performance
25as one of the following:
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11. Significantly exceeds expectations.
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2. Exceeds expectations.
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3. Meets expectations.
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4. Meets few expectations.
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5. Fails to meet expectations.
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6(3) The department shall do all the following:
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(a) Except as provided in sub. (6), based on data derived from multiple school
8years, annually rate the performance of each school and school district under sub.
9(2) (c) and issue an accountability report for the school or school district that is clear
10and easily understandable.
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(b) 1. Collect and disseminate the best practices from schools, except that the
12department may not collect information for this purpose from a private school
13participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 without the
14private school's consent.
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2. Identify opportunities to support and intervene in the public schools and
16school districts that fail to meet expectations.
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(c) Specify in the report for a private school participating in a parental choice
18program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 the percentage of pupils attending the school who
19are attending under the parental choice program.
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20(4) The department may use only the following information for each measure
21specified in sub. (2) (a):
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(a) For measuring pupil achievement in reading and mathematics under sub.
23(2) (a) 1.:
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1. Scores on the reading and mathematics examinations administered under
25s. 118.30, other than the scores under subd. 2.
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12. Scores on the alternate reading and mathematics examinations
2administered under s. 118.30 to children with significant cognitive disabilities.