55,3193bg
Section 3193bg. 115.367 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 106.273 (2) and amended to read:
106.273 (2) Approve The department shall approve industry-recognized certification programs designed to mitigate workforce shortages in any of the industries or occupations identified under sub. (1).
55,3193bi
Section 3193bi. 115.367 (3) of the statutes is renumbered 106.273 (3) and amended to read:
106.273 (3) (a) Beginning in the 2014-15 school year, from From the appropriation under s.
20.255 (2) (ct), annually award 20.445 (1) (b), the department shall allocate not less than $3,000,000 in each fiscal year for incentive grants to school districts in the amount of under this section. From that allocation, the department shall annually award to a school district $1,000 per pupil for each pupil in the school district who, in the prior school year, obtained a high school diploma or a technical education high school diploma from a school in the school district, if all of the following apply:
1. The school district has an industry-recognized certification program approved by the department under sub. (2).
2. The pupil successfully completed the school district's industry-recognized certification program under subd. 1. in any school year in which the program was approved by the department under sub. (2).
(b) If the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ct) amount allocated under par. (a) in any fiscal year is insufficient to pay the full amount per pupil under par. (a), the department shall may prorate the amount of its payments among school districts eligible for an incentive grant under this section.
55,3193p
Section 3193p. 115.383 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.383 (3) (a) If the student information system is established under sub. (1), the state superintendent shall ensure that within 5 years of the establishment of the system, every school district and every charter school, other than a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), is using the system.
55,3193r
Section 3193r. 115.383 (3) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.383 (3) (b) Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the state superintendent shall ensure that every charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) and every private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 is either using the system under sub. (1) or is using a system that is commercially available and able to obtain pupil identification numbers under sub. (5).
55,3193s
Section 3193s. 115.384 of the statutes is created to read:
115.384 Virtual marketplace for digital educational resources. (1) The state superintendent shall enter into a contract under sub. (2) with one or more vendors to develop and add educational content to a digital marketplace and resource center through which authorized personnel of a school district, a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), a private school, and a provider of a home-based private educational program may purchase or license digital educational resources, including the following:
(a) Electronic textbooks.
(b) Individual sections or chapters of electronic textbooks.
(c) Supplemental resources, including worksheets, chapter reviews, quizzes, and study sheets.
(d) Other digital offerings, including videos, from educational publishers or content providers.
(2) Under the contract:
(a) The department shall serve as the Internet host for the marketplace and resource center.
(b) The vendor shall ensure that the marketplace and resource center software runs and displays properly on any computer, mobile phone, or other device with Internet capability.
(c) The vendor shall ensure that any educational content specified under sub. (1) for purchase or license from the marketplace and resource center runs and displays properly on the most common and up-to-date personal computing and mobile operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Google Android, and Apple computer operating systems or their equivalents.
(d) The department shall ensure that more than one educational publisher makes available the educational content described under sub. (1) on the marketplace and resource center.
(e) The authorized personnel of a school district, a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), a private school, and a provider of a home-based private educational program shall be permitted to license educational content described under sub. (1) at a tiered rate for 1 year, 3 years, or 6 years or to purchase the content under a permanent license.
55,3194
Section
3194. 115.385 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.385 (1) (a) (intro.) Multiple measures to determine a school's performance or a school district's improvement, including all of the following categorized by English language proficiency, disability, income level, and race or ethnicity:
55,3195
Section
3195. 115.385 (1) (a) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
115.385 (1) (a) 1. Pupil achievement and growth in reading and mathematics.
55,3196
Section
3196. 115.385 (1) (a) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
115.385 (1) (a) 1m. Growth in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics, calculated using a value-added methodology.
55,3197
Section
3197. 115.385 (1) (a) 2. of the statutes is repealed.
55,3198
Section
3198. 115.385 (1) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
115.385 (1) (a) 3. Gaps Gap closure in pupil achievement in reading and mathematics and, when available, rates of graduation, categorized by race, English language proficiency, disability, and income level.
55,3199
Section
3199. 115.385 (1) (a) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
115.385 (1) (a) 4. Rates of attendance or of high school graduation.
55,3200
Section
3200. 115.385 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 115.385 (1) (b) (intro.) and amended to read:
115.385 (1) (b) (intro.) An index system to identify a school's level of performance and a school district's level of improvement and to annually place assign to each school into and school district one of 5 the following performance categories.:
55,3201
Section
3201. 115.385 (1) (b) 1. of the statutes is created to read:
115.385 (1) (b) 1. "Five stars out of 5 — Significantly Exceeds Expectations."
55,3202
Section
3202. 115.385 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is created to read:
115.385 (1) (b) 2. "Four stars out of 5 — Exceeds Expectations."
55,3203
Section
3203. 115.385 (1) (b) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
115.385 (1) (b) 3. "Three stars out of 5 — Meets Expectations."
55,3204
Section
3204. 115.385 (1) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:
115.385 (1) (b) 4. "Two stars out of 5 — Meets Few Expectations."
55,3205
Section
3205. 115.385 (1) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:
115.385 (1) (b) 5. "One star out of 5 — Fails to Meet Expectations."
55,3206
Section
3206. 115.385 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
115.385 (1) (c) A qualitative definition for each of the 5 performance categories in par. (b).
55,3207
Section
3207. 115.385 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
115.385 (1m) For purposes of determining a school's performance or a school district's improvement under sub. (1) all of the following apply:
(a) The department may not include the following pupils or pupil examination scores:
1. A pupil who attended a private school under the program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 in the 8th grade and who transfers to a public school, including a charter school, for the 9th grade.
2. A pupil who was enrolled in a public school, including a charter school, in the 8th grade and who transfers to a private school under the program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 for the 9th grade.
3. A pupil, other than a pupil enrolled in the 9th grade, who was enrolled in the school or school district for less than one year prior to taking the pupil examination.
(b) 1. Subject to subd. 2., if the department uses pupil examination scores to determine a school's performance or a school district's improvement, the department shall account for the length of time a pupil was enrolled in the school or school district prior to taking the pupil examination by weighting pupil examination scores as follows:
a. For a pupil who was enrolled in the school or school district for at least one year but less than 2 years prior to taking the pupil examination, multiply by 1.
b. For a pupil who was enrolled in the school or school district for at least 2 years but less than 3 years prior to taking the pupil examination, multiply by 2.
c. For a pupil who was enrolled in the school or school district for more than 3 years prior to taking the pupil examination, multiply by 3.
2. The department may not, for purposes of determining a school's performance, account for the length of time a 9th grade pupil was enrolled in the school.
(c) The department shall consider the impact of poverty on pupil achievement and growth by adjusting the importance given to the measures under sub. (1) (a) 1. and 1m. based on the percentage of pupils in the school or school district who are economically disadvantaged. In this paragraph, an economically disadvantaged pupil is a pupil that satisfies either the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under
42 USC 1758 (b) (1) or other measures of poverty, as determined by the department. Of the total weight the department allocates to the measures under sub. (1) (a) 1. and 1m. for the purpose of determining a school's performance or a school district's improvement, the department shall do as follows:
1. If 5 percent or less of the school or school district membership is comprised of economically disadvantaged pupils, weight the measure under sub. (1) (a) 1. at 90 percent and the measure under sub. (1) (a) 1m. at 10 percent.
2. If 65 percent or more of the school or school district membership is comprised of economically disadvantaged pupils, weight the measure under sub. (1) (a) 1. at 10 percent and the measure under sub. (1) (a) 1m. at 90 percent.
3. If the percentage of economically disadvantaged pupils in the school or school district membership is more than 5 percent but less than 65 percent, the department shall determine the weight of the measures under sub. (1) (a) 1m. as follows:
a. Divide 80 by 60.
b. Multiply the quotient determined under subd. 3. a. by the percentage of economically disadvantaged pupils in the school or school district membership.
c. Add 3.35 to the result under subd. 3. b.
4. If the percentage of economically disadvantaged pupils in the school or school district membership is more than 5 percent but less than 65 percent, the department shall determine the weight of the measures under sub. (1) (a) 1. by subtracting the weight given to the measures under sub. (1) (a) 1m. as determined under subd. 3. from 100.
(d) For purposes of measuring a school district's improvement, the department may not include data derived from a virtual charter school that is considered to be located in the school district under s. 118.51 (18) if at least 50 percent of the pupils attending the virtual charter school are attending under s. 118.51.
55,3208
Section
3208. 115.385 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.385 (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 with the accountability report published for the 2015-16 school year, the department shall include the school in its annual school accountability report under sub. (1) charter schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) and private schools participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23. The department shall use the same criteria to measure the performance of all schools included in the annual school accountability report.
55,3209
Section
3209. 115.385 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
115.385 (3) On an accountability report published for a private school participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, the department shall specify the percentage of pupils attending the private school under the program and comply with one of the following:
(a) For a private school that submits achievement data only for those pupils attending the private school under the program, assign to the private school a performance category derived from data about those pupils attending the private school under the program.
(b) For a private school that submits achievement data for those pupils attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 and achievement data for all other pupils attending the private school, assign to the private school a performance category derived from data about pupils attending the school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 and identify the performance category as the choice pupil performance category. The department shall also assign a 2nd performance category, derived from data about all pupils attending the private school including pupils attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23, as the private school performance category.
55,3210
Section
3210. 115.385 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
115.385 (4) Annually, each public school, including a charter school, and each private school participating in a parental choice program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 shall provide a copy of the school's accountability report to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in or attending the school. Each school shall simultaneously provide to the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in the school a list of the educational options available to children who reside in the pupil's resident school district, including public schools, private schools participating in a parental choice program, charter schools, virtual schools, full-time open enrollment, youth options, course options, and options for pupils enrolled in a home-based private educational program.
55,3211
Section
3211. 115.385 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
115.385 (5) Beginning in the 2017-18 school year and biennially thereafter, the appropriate standing committee of each house of the legislature shall conduct a review of school and school district accountability reports published under this section.
115.415 (1) (a) The department shall develop an educator effectiveness evaluation system and an equivalency process aligned with the department's evaluation system for the evaluation of teachers and principals of public schools, including teachers and principals of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x), as provided in this section. Subject to par. (b), each school board and the operator of each charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) shall evaluate teachers and principals in the school district or charter school beginning in the 2014-15 school year.
55,3211r
Section 3211r. 115.415 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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 board of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) to use the system developed under this subsection:
55,3211t
Section 3211t. 115.415 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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) or (2x) 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, 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) or (2x) that uses the process under this subsection shall evaluate the performance of teachers in the following domains:
55,3211v
Section 3211v. 115.415 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.415 (4) From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ek), the department may award grants to school districts and the governing body board of a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) or (2x) to implement an educator effectiveness evaluation system developed under sub. (2) or an equivalency process established by rule under sub. (3).
55,3212
Section
3212. 115.42 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.42
(2) (c) The amount of each grant under par. (a) shall be $5,000 in any school year in which the recipient is employed in a school in which at least 60 percent of the pupils enrolled
are eligible satisfy the income eligibility criteria for a free or reduced-price lunch under
42 USC 1758 (b)
(1).
55,3213
Section
3213. 115.43 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
