AB40: Bill Text

AB40,1733 Section 1733. 115.28 (12) (ag) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,800,6 115.28 (12) (ag) (intro.) Beginning in the 2012-13 school year, each Each school district, charter school, and private school using the system under par. (a) shall include in the system the following information for each teacher teaching in the school district or school who completed a teacher preparatory program described in sub. (7) (a) and located in this state or a teacher education program described in sub. (7) (e) 2. and located in this state on or after January 1, 2012:

AB40,1734 Section 1734. 115.28 (12) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,800,15 115.28 (12) (b) Ensure that within 5 years of the establishment of the system under par. (a), every school district and charter school is using the system, and that every private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 is either using the system under par. (a) or is using a system that is interoperable with the system under par. (a). The state superintendent may promulgate rules authorizing the department to charge a fee to any person that uses the system. All fees shall be credited to the appropriation account under s. 20.255 (1) (jm) (he).

AB40,1735 Section 1735. 115.28 (27) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,800,20 115.28 (27) WISElearn. Develop and maintain an online resource, called WISElearn, to provide educational resources for parents, teachers, and pupils; offer online learning opportunities; provide regional technical support centers; provide professional development for teachers; and enable video conferencing.

AB40,1736 Section 1736. 115.28 (54) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,801,4 115.28 (54) Collaborative content delivery and online instruction. Promote the delivery of digital content and collaborative instruction among schools within a school district and between 2 or more school districts, including through online courses. To accomplish the objectives of this subsection, the department may not promulgate a rule that requires a licensed teacher or instructional staff person, defined as required under s. 121.02 (1) (a) 2., to be physically present in a classroom in which the delivery of content or collaborative instruction is being provided in that classroom digitally or through an online course.

AB40,1737 Section 1737. 115.28 (59) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,801,8 115.28 (59) Academic and career planning. (a) Ensure that, beginning in the 2017-18 school year, every school board is providing academic and career planning services to pupils enrolled in grades 6 to 12 in the school district.

AB40,801,11 (b) Procure, install, and maintain information technology, including computer software, to be used statewide by school districts to provide academic and career planning services to pupils in grades 6 to 12.

AB40,801,15 (c) Provide guidance, training, and technical assistance to school districts and school district staff, including teachers and counselors, on how to implement model academic and career plans, including training and technical assistance that is necessary to implement the information technology under par. (b).

AB40,801,16 (d) Promulgate rules to implement this subsection.

AB40,1738 Section 1738. 115.28 (60) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,801,20 115.28 (60) Teach for America. Distribute the amounts appropriated under s. 20.255 (3) (cm) to Teach for America, Inc., to recruit and prepare individuals to teach in low-income or urban school districts.

AB40,1739 Section 1739. 115.297 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,801,25 115.297 (1) (a) "Agencies" means the department, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the department of children and families, the department of workforce development, the technical college system board, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.

AB40,1740 Section 1740. 115.297 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,802,8 115.297 (3) (a) Requires that the agencies establish and maintain a longitudinal data system of student data that links such data from preschool programs to postsecondary education programs, and describes the process by which the data system will be established and maintained, and ensures its interoperability with the work force data systems maintained by the department of workforce development. The data system may consist of separate record systems integrated through agreement and data transfer mechanisms.

AB40,1741 Section 1741. 115.297 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,802,11 115.297 (3) (d) Requires the agencies to exchange student and work force data to the extent necessary to perform the evaluation or study approved under par. (c).

AB40,1742 Section 1742. 115.297 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,802,16 115.297 (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), any of the agencies may submit student or work force data to the longitudinal data system under sub. (3) (a), to another agency, or to a public or private research organization, to support an evaluation or study under this section.

AB40,1743 Section 1743. 115.297 (6) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,802,20 115.297 (6) Report. Annually by October 1, the agencies shall submit a joint report to the secretary of administration regarding their progress in establishing a longitudinal data system under sub. (3) (a).

AB40,1744 Section 1744. 115.363 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,802,25 115.363 (2) (b) The school board shall pay to each nonprofit corporation with which it contracts under par. (a) an amount that is no more than the amount paid per pupil under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) 1m. or 2m. or 2n. in the current school year multiplied by the number of pupils participating in the program under the contract.

AB40,1745 Section 1745. 115.38 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,803,5 115.38 (1) (d) The number and percentage of resident pupils attending a course in a nonresident school district at an educational institution under s. 118.52, the number of nonresident pupils attending a course in the school district under s. 118.52, and the courses taken by those pupils.

AB40,1746 Section 1746. 115.385 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,803,9 115.385 School and school district accountability report. (1) Annually by June 30, the department shall publish a school and school district accountability report that includes all of the following components:

AB40,803,11 (a) Multiple measures to determine a school's performance or a school district's improvement, including all of the following:

AB40,803,12 1. Pupil achievement and growth in reading and mathematics.

AB40,803,14 2. Measures of college and career readiness for high school pupils and measures indicative of being on track for college and career readiness in the elementary grades.

AB40,803,16 3. Gaps in pupil achievement and rates of graduation, categorized by race, English language proficiency, disability, and income level.

AB40,803,18 (b) An index system to identify a school's level of performance and annually place each school into one of 5 performance categories.

AB40,803,23 (2) Beginning one year after a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or a private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 begins using the student information system under s. 115.28 (12) (b), or begins using a system that is interoperable with that system, the department shall include the school in its annual school accountability report under sub. (1).

AB40,1747 Section 1747. 115.40 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,804,7 115.40 School performance incentive program. (1) Grants to high performing schools. Beginning in the 2014-15 school year and annually thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (da), the department shall award an amount determined as follows to the school board of any school that is placed in a performance category of "significantly exceeds expectations" or "exceeds expectations" on the accountability report published for the school under s. 115.385 at the end of the immediately preceding school year:

AB40,804,10 (a) Divide the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (da) by the sum of the number of pupils enrolled in each school eligible to receive an award under this subsection.

AB40,804,12 (b) Multiply the quotient determined in par. (a) by the number of pupils enrolled in the school.

AB40,804,20 (2) Grants to schools that demonstrate improvement. Beginning in the 2014-15 school year and annually thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (db), the department shall award an amount determined as follows to the school board of any school that increases the numeric score, used as the basis for the performance category within which the school was placed on the accountability report published for the school under s. 115.385 at the end of the immediately preceding school year, by at least 3 points over the numeric score received on the accountability report published for the school at the end of the previous school year:

AB40,804,24 (a) For each school eligible to receive an award under this paragraph, multiply the number of pupils enrolled in the school by the number of points by which the score on the most recent accountability report published for the school exceeded the score received in the previous school year.

AB40,805,2 (b) Divide the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (db) by the sum of the products under par. (a).

AB40,805,4 (c) Multiply the quotient determined in par. (b) by the number of pupils enrolled in the school.

AB40,805,14 (3) Grants to schools that fail to meet expectations. Beginning in the 2014-15 school year and annually thereafter, from the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (dd), the department shall award grants under this subsection to school boards within which a school that was placed in a performance category of "fails to meet expectations" on the accountability report published for the school under s. 115.385 at the end of the immediately preceding school year if the school board includes with the notice of intent required under this subsection a written school improvement plan for each school eligible to receive an award under this subsection and if the department determines that the school improvement plan includes and comprehensively addresses all of the following components:

AB40,805,15 (a) A plan to achieve improvements in math and reading.

AB40,805,17 (b) A plan to collaborate with a high-performing school or a high-performing school district to obtain best practices.

AB40,805,19 (c) A plan to use the educator effectiveness system developed under s. 115.415 to achieve teacher and principal improvement.

AB40,805,20 (d) A plan to make administrative or staffing changes to achieve improvement.

AB40,805,23 (e) A plan to meet goals, set jointly by the school board and the department, that are based on measurable objectives, including those included on accountability reports published for the school under s. 115.385.

AB40,806,2 (4) Intent to participate; distribution of funds. (a) The school board of a school eligible to receive an award under this section shall submit an intent to participate to the department within 60 days after the department publishes the accountability report for the school as required under s. 115.385.

AB40,806,5 (b) 1. The administrator of a school eligible to receive an award under this section shall comply with the policy prepared under s. 120.12 (2r) for the distribution of funding to the school.

AB40,806,9 2. Upon compliance with the requirement under subd. 1., the school board of the school district within which the eligible school is located shall distribute the full amount of any award determined for the eligible school under sub. (1) or (2), or the full amount awarded to the eligible school under sub. (3), to that school.

AB40,1748 Section 1748. 115.415 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,806,14 115.415 (2) (intro.) The department shall develop an educator effectiveness evaluation system according to the following framework, and may charge a fee to a school district and the governing body of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) to use the system developed under this subsection:

AB40,1749 Section 1749. 115.415 (4) of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,806,20 115.415 (4) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ek), the department may award grants to school districts and the governing body of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) to implement an educator effectiveness evaluation system developed under sub. (2) or an equivalency process established by rule under sub. (3).

AB40,1750 Section 1750. 115.42 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,806,25 115.42 (1) (a) 5. If the person is licensed by the department as a master educator under s. PI 34.19, Wis. Adm. Code, he or she has a rating of "effective" or "highly effective" in the applicable educator effectiveness system, as determined by the department.

AB40,1751 Section 1751. 115.42 (2) (a) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,807,5 115.42 (2) (a) 5. If the person is licensed by the department as a master educator under s. PI 34.19, Wis. Adm. Code, he or she maintains a rating of "effective" or "highly effective" in the applicable educator effectiveness system, as determined by the department.

AB40,1752 Section 1752. 115.77 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,807,10 115.77 (1) In sub. (1m) (a) to (d), except as provided in s. 118.51 (12) (a) and (b) 2., if a child with a disability is attending a public school in a nonresident school district under s. 115.7915, 118.51, or 121.84 (1) (a) or (4), "local educational agency" means the school district that the child is attending.

AB40,1753 Section 1753. 115.791 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB40,807,17 115.791 (4) Subject to s. 115.77 (1m) (d) and (e), this section does not require a local educational agency to pay the cost of education, including special education and related services, of a child with a disability at a private school or facility, including a child with a disability attending a private school under s. 115.7915, if the local educational agency made a free appropriate public education available to the child and the child's parents elected to place the child in a private school or facility.

AB40,1754 Section 1754. 115.7915 of the statutes is created to read:

AB40,807,20 115.7915 Special Needs Scholarship Program. (1) Definition. In this section:

AB40,807,24 (a) "Eligible school" means a public school located in this state but outside the pupil's school district of residence; a charter school located in this state, including a charter school located in the pupil's school district of residence and a charter school under s. 118.40 (8); or a private school located in this state.

AB40,807,25 (b) "Services plan" has the meaning given in 34 CFR 300.37.

AB40,808,3 (1m) Scholarship requirements. Subject to sub. (1r), beginning in the 2013-14 school year, a child with a disability shall receive a scholarship under this section to attend an eligible school if all of the following apply:

AB40,808,8 (a) The school district in which the eligible public school is located, the eligible charter school, or the eligible private school notified the department of its intent to participate in the program under this section. The notice shall specify the number of pupils who may participate in the program under this section for whom the school has space.

AB40,808,16 (b) The school, if a private school, is approved by the state superintendent under s. 118.165 (2) or is accredited by the Wisconsin North Central Association, Wisconsin Religious and Independent Schools Accreditation, the Independent Schools Association of the Central States, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod School Accreditation, National Lutheran School Accreditation, the diocese or archdiocese within which the private school is located, or any other organization recognized by the National Council for Private School Accreditation as of the August 1 preceding the school term for which the scholarship is awarded.

AB40,808,18 (c) An individualized education program or services plan has been completed for the child.

AB40,808,22 (d) The child attended a public school, attended a charter school, attended a private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23, or did not attend school in this state, for the entire school year immediately preceding the school year for which the child first receives a scholarship under this section.

AB40,809,3 (e) The child, or the child's parent on behalf of the child, has submitted an application to the eligible school, on a form prepared by the department, for a scholarship under this section to attend the eligible school. The application shall include the document developed by the department under sub. (2) (a). An application may be made, and a child may begin attending an eligible school under this section, at any time during the school year.

AB40,809,5 (f) The child has been accepted by the school district in which the eligible public school is located, the eligible charter school, or the eligible private school.

AB40,809,9 (1r) Limit on number of scholarship recipients. The total number of scholarship recipients under this section in any school year may not exceed 5 percent of the total number of children with disabilities residing in this state in the previous school year, as determined by the department.

AB40,809,13 (1s) Acceptance of pupils. If an eligible school receives more applications under sub. (1m) (e) than the number of pupils specified in the notice under sub. (1m) (a), it shall select pupils on a random basis except that it may give preference to siblings of pupils who are already attending the eligible school.

AB40,809,18 (2) Department duties. (a) 1. The department shall develop, for inclusion with an application under sub. (1m) (e), a document, and revise it as necessary, comparing the rights of a child with a disability and of his or her parent under this subchapter, other than this section, and 20 USC 1400 to 1482, with the rights of a child with a disability and of his or her parent under this section and 20 USC 1400 to 1482.

AB40,809,23 2. Receipt by an applicant of the document developed under subd. 1., acknowledged in a format prescribed by the department, constitutes notice that the applicant has been informed of his or her rights under this section and 20 USC 1400 to 1482. Subsequent acceptance of a scholarship under this section constitutes the applicant's informed consent to the rights specified in the document.

AB40,810,3 (b) The governing body of an eligible school that accepts a child under sub. (1m) (f) shall notify the department. Upon being notified, the department shall do all of the following:

AB40,810,8 1. Notify the school board of the pupil's school district of residence that the pupil has been awarded a scholarship under this section. The school board shall, within 3 days of receiving the notice, provide the department and the governing body of the eligible school that accepted the pupil with a copy of the pupil's individualized education program.

AB40,810,10 2. Determine the amount of the pupil's scholarship. The amount shall be the lesser of the following:

AB40,810,17 a. Divide the sum of the statewide gross property tax levy for schools in the previous year and the total amount of general school aid appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (ae), (ar), and (bb) in the previous fiscal year by the total statewide membership, as defined in s. 121.004 (5), in the previous school year, and add to the quotient the result obtained by dividing the amount appropriated under s. 20.255 (2) (b) in the previous fiscal year by the total full-time equivalent number of children with disabilities enrolled in public schools in the previous school year.

AB40,810,23 b. The cost to the school district in which the eligible public school is located, the eligible charter school, or the eligible private school of providing to the pupil regular instruction, instructional and pupil support services, special education and related services, supplementary aids and services, and operating and debt services costs per pupil, as described under s. 118.60 (4) (d), other than costs under s. 115.88 (3) and (4).

AB40,810,25 3. Prorate the amount determined under subd. 2. for a pupil attending an eligible school for less than a full school term.

AB40,811,2 4. Notify the parent of the scholarship amount, as determined under subd. 2. or 3., accompanied by an explanation of how the amount was determined.