e. Adopt accountability measures to monitor the school district's finances or to
monitor other interventions.
4. If DPI determines that a public school is located in a school district that has
been in need of improvement for four consecutive school years, and that the school
has been in need of improvement for five consecutive school years or was among the
lowest performing 5 percent of all public schools in the state in the previous school
year, DPI may direct the school board to do one or both of the following in the school:
a. Implement a new or modified instructional design.
b. Create a school improvement council to make recommendations to DPI
regarding improving the school.
This bill makes various changes to the above provisions, including the
following:
School districts
If DPI determines that a school district has performed at the lowest
performance level for three consecutive school years, the school board must:
1. Complete a DPI-approved diagnostic review of the school district.
2. Employ a standard, consistent, research-based curriculum that is aligned
with the state's model academic standards.
3. Use pupil academic performance data to differentiate instruction in order to
meet individual pupil needs.
4. Implement a system of academic and behavioral supports and early
intervention for pupils.
5. Provide additional learning time to address the academic needs of pupils who
are struggling.
In addition, DPI must direct the school board to do one or more of the following:
1. Modify one or more of the activities performed by the school board, described
above.
2. Implement a new or modified instructional design.
3. Implement professional development programs.
4. Implement changes in administrative and personnel structures.
5. Adopt accountability measures to monitor the school district's finances or to
monitor other interventions.
The bill provides that on its effective date, DPI must treat the Milwaukee Public
Schools as if it had performed at the lowest performance level for the three
immediately preceding school years.
Public schools
If DPI determines that a public school, other than a charter school, has
performed at the lowest performance level for three consecutive school years, the
school board must complete a DPI-approved, diagnostic review of the school and,
based on the results of the review, do one of the following:
1. Implement DPI-approved improvement activities that significantly
transform the school.
2. Convert the school to a charter school.
3. Close the school.
In addition, if the school board implements DPI-approved improvement
activities, DPI must direct the school board to do one or more of the following:
1. Modify one or more of the activities performed by the school board, described
above.
2. Implement a new or modified instructional design in the school.
3. Implement professional development programs in the school.
4. Implement changes in administrative and personnel structures in the
school.
5. Adopt accountability measures to monitor the school district's finances or to
monitor other interventions.
If the school board implements DPI-approved improvement activities, as
described above, but the school fails to improve to at least the performance level of
"meets few expectations" within three school years, the school board must convert
the school to a charter school or close the school.
Charter schools
The bill provides that a contract for the establishment of a charter school must
provide that if DPI determines that a charter school has performed at the lowest
performance level for three consecutive school years, the school board or other entity
that has contracted for the operation of the charter school must require that a
remediation plan, approved by the school board or other entity, be implemented by
the charter school operator. If the charter school operator implements a remediation
plan but the school's performance fails to improve to at least the level of "meets few
expectations" within three school years, the school board or other entity must revoke
the school's charter. If a charter school's charter is revoked, the bill prohibits it from
participating as a private school in a PCP.
Choice schools
If DPI determines that a private school participating in a PCP has performed
at the lowest level for three consecutive school years, the bill requires the private
school to notify its accrediting agency of the determination. If the private school's
performance fails to improve to at least the level of "meets few expectations" within
three school years of DPI's determination, DPI must issue an order barring the
private school from participating in a PCP. A private school barred from
participating in a PCP may not reopen as a charter school.
Charter schools; contracts
Under current law, an entity authorized to establish an independent charter
school may do so itself or by contracting with a third party. This bill allows charter
schools to be established by contract only.
Currently, school districts, and private schools participating in a PCP, are
subject to various requirements relating to the transfer of a pupil's records when the
pupil transfers to another school. This bill subjects independent charter schools to
the same requirements.
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:
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20.255
(1) (e)
Student information system. As a continuing appropriation, the
4amounts in the schedule for the student information system under s.
115.28 (12) 5115.383.
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20.255
(1) (he)
Student information system; fees. All moneys received from fees
9charged as authorized under s.
115.28 (12) (b) 115.383 (3) (c) to be used for the student
10information system established under s.
115.28 (12) (a) 115.383 (1).
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11Section
3. 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
13with a school board under s. 118.40 or with
one of the entities an entity under s.
1118.40 (2r) (b)
, or a school established and operated by one of the entities under s.
2118.40 (2r) (b).
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3Section
4. 115.28 (12) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 115.383 (title).
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4Section
5. 115.28 (12) (a) of the statutes, as affected by
2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
5is renumbered 115.383 (1), and 115.383 (1) (a) and (c), as renumbered, are amended
6to read:
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115.383
(1) (a) Develop a proposal for a multiple-vendor student information
8system for the standardized collection of pupil data. The proposal shall allow schools
9and school districts to use their vendor of choice and include reporting requirements
10that can reasonably be met by multiple vendors. The state superintendent may not
11establish a student information system unless the proposal is approved by the joint
12committee 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
14shall ensure that information about pupils enrolled in charter schools and about
15pupils enrolled in private schools participating in a parental choice program under
16s. 118.60 or 119.23, including their academic performance and demographic
17information, aggregated by school district, school, and teacher, is collected and
18maintained in the student information system.
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19Section
6. 115.28 (12) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes, as affected by
2013
20Wisconsin Act 20, is renumbered 115.383 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:
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115.383
(2) (intro.) If the student information system is established under
par.
22(a) sub. (1), each school district, charter school, and private school using the system
23under
par. (a) sub. (1) shall include in the system the following information for each
24teacher teaching in the school district or school who completed a teacher
preparatory 25education program described in
sub.
s. 115.28 (7) (a)
or (e) 2. and located in this state
1or a teacher education program described in sub. (7) (e) 2. and located in this state 2on or after January 1, 2012
, or, for each teacher teaching in a private school
3participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, who obtained
4a bachelor's degree from an institution located in this state on or after July 1, 2010:
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5Section
7. 115.28 (12) (ag) 1. and 2. of the statutes are renumbered 115.383
6(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 8education program the teacher attended and completed
or the name of the institution
9from 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
11education program
described in subd. 1 or obtained a bachelor's degree.
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12Section
8. 115.28 (12) (b) of the statutes, as affected by
2013 Wisconsin Act 20,
13is renumbered 115.383 (3) (a) and amended to read:
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115.383
(3) (a) If the student information system is established under
par. (a), 15sub. (1), the state superintendent shall ensure that within 5 years of the
16establishment of the system
under par. (a), every school district and
every charter
17school
, other than a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r), is using the
18system
, and that.
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19(b) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, the state superintendent shall ensure
20that every charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) and every private school
21participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 is either using
22the system under
par. (a) sub. (1) or is using a system that is
interoperable with the
23system under par. (a). The commercially available, capable of providing the
24information required under s. 115.39, able to obtain pupil identification numbers
1under sub. (5), and compatible with the most recent version of the Schools
2Interoperability Framework.
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3(c) If the student information system is established under sub. (1), the state
4superintendent may promulgate rules authorizing the department to charge a fee to
5any person that uses the system. All fees shall be credited to the appropriation
6account under s. 20.255 (1) (he).
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9Section
10. 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
11s. 118.60 or 119.23 is not required to include information about pupils who are not
12attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 in the system it is using under
13sub. (3).
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14Section
11. 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
16public school or charter school, and to each pupil attending a private school under
17s. 118.60 or 119.23, a unique identification number for use in the student information
18system. The state superintendent shall not assign to any pupil an identification
19number that is identical to or incorporates the pupil's social security number.
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22Section
13. 115.39 of the statutes is created to read:
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23115.39 School and school district accountability system. (1) In this
24section, "school" means a public school, including a charter school, and a private
25school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23.
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1(2) The department shall establish a comprehensive school and school district
2accountability system beginning in the 2014-15 school year that includes all of the
3following components:
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(a) Multiple measures to determine a school's and school district's performance
5under s. 118.42, including all of the following categorized by English language
6proficiency, 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
9a 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
11college 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
15performed 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
17as one of the following:
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1. 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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23(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
25years, annually rate the performance of each school and school district under sub.
1(2) (c) and issue an accountability report for the school or school district that is clear
2and easily understandable.
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(b) 1. Collect and disseminate the best practices from schools, except that the
4department may not collect information for this purpose from a private school
5participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 without the
6private school's consent.
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2. Identify opportunities to support and intervene in the public schools and
8school districts that fail to meet expectations.
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(c) Specify in the report for a private school participating in a parental choice
10program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 the percentage of pupils attending the school who
11are attending under the parental choice program.
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12(4) The department may use only the following information for each measure
13specified in sub. (2) (a):