AB1-ASA1,11,43 a. For a pupil who was enrolled in the school or school district for at least one
4year but less than 2 years prior to taking the pupil assessment, multiply by 1.
AB1-ASA1,11,65 b. For a pupil who was enrolled in the school or school district for at least 2 years
6but less than 3 years prior to taking the pupil assessment, multiply by 2.
AB1-ASA1,11,87 c. For a pupil who was enrolled in the school or school district for more than 3
8years prior to taking the pupil assessment, multiply by 3.
AB1-ASA1,11,119 2. The department may not, for purposes of determining a school's
10performance, account for the length of time a 9th grade pupil was enrolled in the
11school.
AB1-ASA1,11,2012 (d) The department shall consider the impact of poverty on pupil achievement
13and growth by adjusting the importance given to the measures under sub. (1) (a) 1.
14and 1m. based on the percentage of pupils in the school or school district who are
15economically disadvantaged. In this paragraph, an economically disadvantaged
16pupil is a pupil who satisfies either the income eligibility criteria for a free or
17reduced-price lunch under 42 USC 1758 (b) (1) or other measures of poverty, as
18determined by the department. Of the total weight the department allocates to the
19measures under sub. (1) (a) 1. and 1m. for the purpose of determining a school's
20performance or a school district's improvement, the department shall do as follows:
AB1-ASA1,11,2321 1. If 5 percent or less of the school or school district membership is comprised
22of economically disadvantaged pupils, weight the measure under sub. (1) (a) 1. at 90
23percent and the measure under sub. (1) (a) 1m. at 10 percent.
AB1-ASA1,12,3
12. If 65 percent or more of the school or school district membership is comprised
2of economically disadvantaged pupils, weight the measure under sub. (1) (a) 1. at 10
3percent and the measure under sub. (1) (a) 1m. at 90 percent.
AB1-ASA1,12,64 3. If the percentage of economically disadvantaged pupils in the school or school
5district membership is more than 5 percent but less than 65 percent, determine the
6weight of the measures under sub. (1) (a) 1m. as follows:
AB1-ASA1,12,77 a. Divide 80 by 60.
AB1-ASA1,12,98 b. Multiply the quotient determined under subd. 3. a. by the percentage of
9economically disadvantaged pupils in the school or school district membership.
AB1-ASA1,12,1010 c. Add 3.35 to the result under subd. 3. b.
AB1-ASA1,12,1411 4. If the percentage of economically disadvantaged pupils in the school or school
12district membership is more than 5 percent but less than 65 percent, determine the
13weight of the measures under sub. (1) (a) 1. by subtracting the weight given to the
14measures under sub. (1) (a) 1m. as determined under subd. 3. from 100.
AB1-ASA1,12,1715 (e) The measures related to college and career readiness under sub. (1) (a) 2.
16may account for not more than 5 percent of the school's performance or school
17district's improvement.
AB1-ASA1,12,2018 (f) The department may consider the impact of up to 3 days of inclement
19weather on the school's performance or school district's improvement on the measure
20related to rates of attendance under sub. (1) (a) 4.
AB1-ASA1,20 21Section 20. 115.385 (1r) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,13,222 115.385 (1r) For purposes of measuring a school district's improvement under
23sub. (1), the department may not include information or scores derived from a virtual
24charter school that is considered to be located in the school district under s. 118.51

1(18) if at least 50 percent of the pupils are attending the virtual charter school under
2s. 118.51.
AB1-ASA1,21 3Section 21. 115.385 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,13,134 115.385 (2) Beginning one year after a charter school established under s.
5118.40 (2r) or a private school participating in a parental choice program under s.
6118.60 or 119.23 begins using the student information system under s. 115.28 (12)
7(b), or begins using a system that is interoperable with that system, the
with the
8accountability report published for the 2015-16 school year, the
department shall
9include the school in its annual school accountability report under sub. (1) charter
10schools established under s. 118.40 (2r) and private schools participating in a
11program under s. 118.60 or 119.23. The department shall use the same criteria to
12measure the performance of all schools included in the annual school accountability
13report
.
AB1-ASA1,22 14Section 22. 115.385 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,13,1815 115.385 (3) (a) On an accountability report published for a private school
16participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23, the department shall specify
17the percentage of pupils attending the private school under the program and comply
18with one of the following:
AB1-ASA1,13,2119 1. For a private school that submits achievement data only for those pupils
20attending the private school under the program, identify the grade level determined
21from data about those pupils as the choice pupil grade.
AB1-ASA1,14,322 2. For a private school that submits achievement data for those pupils
23attending the private school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 and achievement data for all
24other pupils attending the private school, identify the grade level determined from
25data about pupils attending the school under s. 118.60 or 119.23 as the choice pupil

1grade. The department shall also identify a 2nd grade level, determined from data
2about all pupils attending the private school, including pupils attending the private
3school under s. 118.60 or 119.23, as the private school grade.
AB1-ASA1,14,94 (b) For a private school participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23,
5the department may use for each measure specified in sub. (1) (a) only the
6information in this subsection that pertains to pupils attending the private school
7under the program unless the private school submits achievement data under par.
8(a) 2. for pupils attending the private school other than under the parental choice
9program.
AB1-ASA1,23 10Section 23. 115.385 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,14,2111 115.385 (4) Annually, each public school, including a charter school, and each
12private school participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 shall provide to
13the parent or guardian of each pupil enrolled in or attending the school a copy of the
14school's accountability report or, if impractical, a summary of the accountability
15report accompanied by a link to the school's Internet site where the full report may
16be accessed. Each school shall simultaneously provide to the parent or guardian of
17each pupil enrolled in the school a list of the educational options available to children
18who reside in the pupil's resident school district, including public schools, private
19schools participating in a parental choice program, charter schools, virtual schools,
20full-time open enrollment, youth options, course options, and options for pupils
21enrolled in a home-based private educational program.
AB1-ASA1,24 22Section 24. 115.385 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,15,223 115.385 (5) A school may not avoid sanctions under sub. (6) or (7) by closing and
24reopening under a different name or in a different location, or by merging or

1consolidating with another school if the result is a substantially similar population
2of pupils.
AB1-ASA1,25 3Section 25. 115.385 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,15,84 115.385 (6) (a) Beginning with an accountability report published under sub.
5(1) for the 2016-17 school year, if a public school, including a charter school
6established under s. 118.40 (2r), receives a grade level of "D — Meets Few
7Expectations" or "F — Fails to Meet Expectations" in the 3rd school year of any 3
8consecutive school years, the state superintendent shall do all of the following:
AB1-ASA1,15,109 1. Require the school board or operator of the charter school to immediately do
10all of the following:
AB1-ASA1,15,1211 a. Comply for 3 consecutive school years with the requirements under s. 118.42
12to undertake interventions for low-performing schools.
AB1-ASA1,15,2413 b. For a public school other than a charter school established under s. 118.40
14(2r), authorize the school district administrator to act unilaterally, on matters
15related to the operation and administration of the school subject to sanctions under
16this subsection and in a manner that is not otherwise in violation of the law, in
17contravention of policies and procedures adopted by the school board and to adopt
18new policies and procedures. The school board may not retaliate against the school
19district administrator for any lawful action taken by the school district
20administrator under this subd. 1. b. The school district administrator may bring an
21action in circuit court against the school board if the school board retaliates against
22the school district administrator, by engaging in a disciplinary action against or
23terminating the employment of the school district administrator, because of any
24lawful action taken by the school district administrator under this subd. 1. b.
AB1-ASA1,16,3
12. From the appropriation under s. 20.255 (2) (ca), make payments to school
2districts for the purpose of implementing interventions required under s. 118.42 in
3schools subject to sanctions under subd. 1. a.
AB1-ASA1,16,144 (b) Beginning with an accountability report published under sub. (1) for the
52016-17 school year, if the state superintendent determines that a private school
6that has 20 or more pupils participating in a program under s. 118.60 or 119.23 has
7received a grade level of "D — Meets Few Expectations" or "F — Fails to Meet
8Expectations" in the 3rd school year of any 3 consecutive school years in which the
9school has both participated in a parental choice program and had 20 or more pupils
10attending the school under a parental choice program, the private school may not
11accept any additional pupils under a parental choice program, other than siblings of
12pupils attending the school under a parental choice program, for the next 3
13consecutive school years following the state superintendent's determination under
14this paragraph.
AB1-ASA1,26 15Section 26. 115.385 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,16,2116 115.385 (7) (a) If, on the accountability report published under sub. (1) at the
17end of the 3-year period under sub. (6) (a), the state superintendent determines that
18a public school, other than a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r), that is
19subject to sanctions under sub. (6) (a) has received a grade level of "F — Fails to Meet
20Expectations," the school board, or operator of the charter school if applicable, shall,
21as soon as practicable, undertake one or more of the following:
AB1-ASA1,16,2322 1. Elect to comply with both of the following steps towards reorganizing the
23administration of the school:
AB1-ASA1,17,224 a. As soon as practicable, replace the principal and, if applicable, administrator
25of the school. The school board is not required to replace the principal or

1administrator as provided in this subd. 1. a. if the principal was hired within the
2immediately preceding 15 months.
AB1-ASA1,17,113 b. As soon as practicable, give notice of refusal to renew the contract of any
4teacher in the school who received a score of less than proficient on an evaluation
5conducted within the immediately preceding 2 school years under s. 115.415. The
6school board is not required to take action under this subd. 1. b. for any teacher who
7has 3 or fewer years of classroom experience. The school board may not rehire or
8reassign within the school district a teacher whose contract is not renewed under this
9subd. 1. b. for 3 consecutive school years, except that this prohibition does not apply
10to a teacher whose nonrenewal under this subd. 1. b. is found to be unlawful under
11subch. II of ch. 111.
AB1-ASA1,17,2512 2. a. For a public school that is not a charter school, request the department to
13publish a request for proposals that shall direct interested applicants to submit to
14the department a proposal to convert the public school to a charter school under the
15authority of a college campus or institute in the University of Wisconsin System
16under s. 118.40 (2r) (b) 1. e. or of a technical college district board under s. 118.40 (2r)
17(b) 1. f. The department shall submit any proposal it receives to one or more deans,
18chancellors, or district boards for review. If any such dean, chancellor, or district
19board finds a proposal acceptable, or if any such dean, chancellor, or district board
20elects to establish and operate the school as a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r), that
21entity shall authorize the conversion of the public school to a charter school under
22s. 118.40 (2r). The department shall establish, by rule, a process for selecting the
23most appropriate dean or chancellor of a college campus or institution in the
24University of Wisconsin System or technical college district board to receive a
25proposal submitted to the department under this subd. 2. a.
AB1-ASA1,18,4
1b. If the school board selects conversion to a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r)
2under this subdivision, the school board shall lease the school building, the school
3premises, and the furniture, fixtures, and equipment within the school building to
4the operator of the charter school up to fair market value.
AB1-ASA1,18,65 c. If the department does not receive any proposal under subd. 2. a., the public
6school shall follow the procedures under subd. 3.
AB1-ASA1,18,177 d. The operator of a school that is converted to a charter school under this
8subdivision shall enter into a 5-school-year contract with the entity that authorized
9the charter school under subd. 2. a. If, at the end of the 5-school-year term, the
10school receives a grade level of "C — Meets Expectations" or better on the
11accountability report published under sub. (1), the authorizing entity and the
12operator may agree to renew the contract for an additional 5-school-year term. The
13contract shall include a process for determining whether the school is making
14measurable progress towards improving the school's grade level. The contract shall
15include a provision governing the transportation of pupils to the school. The contract
16shall also include a process by which the transfer of the management and operations
17of the school may be returned to the school board at the end of the contract term.
AB1-ASA1,18,2518 3. For a public school that is not a charter school, enter into a 5-school-year
19contract with a person to operate the school as a charter school under s. 118.40 (2m)
20if the school board has not already done so. If, at the end of the 5-school-year term,
21the school receives a grade level of "C — Meets Expectations" or better on the
22accountability report published under sub. (1), the school board may but is not
23required to renew the contract with the operator for an additional 5-school-year
24term. The contract shall include a process by which the transfer of the management
25and operations of the school may be returned to the school board.
AB1-ASA1,19,8
14. For a public school that is not a charter school, authorize the school district
2administrator to enter into a 5-school-year contract with an educational
3management agency under which the educational management agency agrees to
4operate the school. The contract under this subdivision shall require the educational
5management agency to follow the laws applicable to public schools under chs. 115 to
6121 and the administrative rules promulgated by the department. The contract shall
7permit the school district administrator and the educational management agency to
8renew the contract for a second 5-school-year term.
AB1-ASA1,19,159 (ag) 1. If the school board, or, if applicable, the operator of a charter school other
10than a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r), fails to take any action under par. (a) with
11respect to a school that is subject to sanctions under this subsection within the 12
12months after the state superintendent's determination under par. (a) (intro.), the
13state superintendent shall adjust the state aid paid to the school district under s.
14121.08 for the school year immediately following the school year in which the school
15becomes subject to sanctions under par. (a) in the following manner:
AB1-ASA1,19,1816 a. Determine the amount of state aid received by the school district under s.
17121.08 in the school year in which the school becomes subject to sanctions under par.
18(a).
AB1-ASA1,19,2119 b. Determine the amount of state aid the school district would be eligible to be
20paid under s. 121.08 in the school year immediately following the school year
21described under subd. 1. a.
AB1-ASA1,20,422 c. If the amount determined under subd. 1. a. is less than the amount
23determined under subd. 1. b., the amount of state aid to be paid under s. 121.08 to
24the school district for the school year immediately following the school year described
25under subd. 1. a. shall be the amount determined under subd. 1. a. If the amount

1determined under subd. 1. a. is greater than the amount determined under subd. 1.
2b., the amount of state aid to be paid under s. 121.08 to the school district for the
3school year immediately following the school year described under subd. 1. a. shall
4be the amount determined under subd. 1. b.
AB1-ASA1,20,95 2. For each school year following the school year described under subd. 1. b. that
6the school board or operator of a charter school, other than a charter school under s.
7118.40 (2r), fails to take any action under par. (a), the state superintendent shall
8reduce by 1 percent the amount of state aid paid to the school district under subd.
91. c.
AB1-ASA1,20,1710 (ar) If, on the accountability report published under sub. (1) at the end of the
113-year period under sub. (6) (a), the state superintendent determines that a public
12school that is a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) and that is subject to
13sanctions under sub. (6) (a) has received a grade level of "F — Fails to Meet
14Expectations," the charter school shall fulfill any contractual or other requirements
15with the department as soon as practicable, and the department shall discontinue
16payments to the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) as soon as practicable under
17the terms of the contract.
AB1-ASA1,21,218 (b) If, on the accountability report published under sub. (1), at the end of the
193-year period under sub. (6) (b), the state superintendent determines that a private
20school subject to sanctions under sub. (6) (b) has received a grade level of "F — Fails
21to Meet Expectations," the private school shall fulfill any contractual or other
22requirements with the department as soon as practicable, and the department shall
23discontinue payments to the private school as soon as practicable. The private school
24may not accept any new pupils under a parental choice program for 4 school years.
25Subject to sub. (8) (b), the private school may reapply to participate in a parental

1choice program at the end of the 4 school years following the state superintendent's
2determination under this paragraph.
AB1-ASA1,27 3Section 27. 115.385 (8) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,21,84 115.385 (8) (a) The state superintendent may release a school subject to
5sanctions under sub. (6) from the requirements imposed upon the school by sub. (6)
6if the school receives a grade level of "C — Meets Expectations" or better on the
7accountability report published for the school under sub. (1) within the 36 months
8immediately following the imposition of sanctions under sub. (6).
AB1-ASA1,21,119 (b) The state superintendent may release a school subject to sanctions under
10sub. (7) from the requirements imposed upon the school by sub. (7) in any of the
11following circumstances:
AB1-ASA1,21,1412 1. For a school subject to sanctions under sub. (7) (a) 1., if the school receives
13a grade level of "C — Meets Expectations" or better on 2 consecutive accountability
14reports published for the school under sub. (1).
AB1-ASA1,21,1615 2. For a school subject to sanctions under sub. (7) (a) 2., 3., or 4., in the last year
16of any 5-school-year contract entered into under sub. (7).
AB1-ASA1,21,2217 (c) 1. If a school subject to sanctions under sub. (6) receives on the final
18accountability report published within 36 months immediately following the
19imposition of sanctions under sub. (6) a grade level of "D — Meets Few Expectations,"
20the state superintendent shall require the school to comply with the requirements
21under sub. (6) for an additional 2 school years. The school district shall be
22responsible for the costs of and associated with implementing any plan.
AB1-ASA1,22,323 2. If a school subject to sanctions under sub. (6) receives on the final
24accountability report published within the 36 months immediately following the
25imposition of sanctions under sub. (6) a grade level of "F — Fails to Meet

1Expectations," the school shall first complete the requirements to which the school
2is subject under sub. (6) and the state superintendent shall then require the school
3to comply with the requirements imposed upon a school under sub. (7).
AB1-ASA1,28 4Section 28. 115.385 (9) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,22,65 115.385 (9) The department shall develop, by rule, the qualifying score for each
6grade level under sub. (1) (b).
AB1-ASA1,29 7Section 29. 115.385 (10) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,22,148 115.385 (10) Beginning in 2017, in each odd-numbered year, no later than 60
9days after the department publishes accountability reports for schools under sub. (1),
10the department shall compile and evaluate information about the implementation
11of the school accountability system and make recommendations to the appropriate
12standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3). The department shall be
13prepared to make a presentation to a hearing or joint hearing of the appropriate
14standing committees of the legislature on all of the following:
AB1-ASA1,22,1915 (a) Policies that address appropriate accommodations on statewide
16assessments for a pupil attending a private school participating in a program under
17s. 118.60 or 119.23 who is a child with a disability, a limited-English proficient pupil,
18or economically disadvantaged, as defined in federal law, that are similar to the
19accommodations made for such pupils attending public schools.
AB1-ASA1,22,2120 (b) Refining the data to be used by the department for each measure specified
21in sub. (1) (a).
AB1-ASA1,22,2322 (c) The methodology for measuring the performance of schools under this
23section.
AB1-ASA1,22,2524 (d) The appropriate weight to be given each of the measures under sub. (1) (a)
25for the grade levels under sub. (1) (b).
AB1-ASA1,23,1
1(e) The qualifying score for each grade level under sub. (1) (b).
AB1-ASA1,23,32 (f) Sanctions imposed upon, or lifted from, schools by the state superintendent
3under subs. (6) and (7).
AB1-ASA1,30 4Section 30. 118.153 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,23,95 118.153 (1) (a) 5. Eighth grade pupils whose score in each subject area on the
6examination administered under s. 118.30 (1m) (am) 1. or 118.301 (4) was below the
7basic level, 8th grade pupils who failed the examination administered under s.
8118.30 (1m) (am) 2. or 118.301 (4), and 8th grade pupils who failed to be promoted
9to the 9th grade.
AB1-ASA1,31 10Section 31. 118.30 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,23,1511 118.30 (1) The state superintendent shall adopt or approve examinations
12designed to measure pupil attainment of knowledge and concepts in the 4th, 8th, 9th,
1310th, and 11th grades. Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, the state
14superintendent may not adopt or approve assessments developed by the Smarter
15Balanced Assessment Consortium.
AB1-ASA1,32 16Section 32. 118.30 (2) (b) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,23,1917 118.30 (2) (b) 3. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the school
18board shall excuse the pupil from taking an examination administered under sub.
19(1m) or s. 118.301 (4).
AB1-ASA1,33 20Section 33. 118.30 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,23,2321 118.30 (2) (b) 4. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the operator
22of a charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall excuse the pupil from taking an
23examination administered under sub. (1r) or s. 118.301 (4).
AB1-ASA1,34 24Section 34. 118.30 (2) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,24,4
1118.30 (2) (b) 5. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the governing
2body of a private school participating in the program under s. 119.23 shall excuse the
3pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1s) (a) to (cm) or s.
4118.301 (4)
.
AB1-ASA1,35 5Section 35. 118.30 (2) (b) 6. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,24,96 118.30 (2) (b) 6. Upon the request of a pupil's parent or guardian, the governing
7body of a private school participating in the program under s. 118.60 shall excuse the
8pupil from taking an examination administered under sub. (1t) (a) to (cm) or s.
9118.301 (4)
.
AB1-ASA1,36 10Section 36. 118.30 (5m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,24,1811 118.30 (5m) When determining the percentage of pupils participating in the
12program under s. 119.23 who performed at designated proficiency levels on the
13examinations administered as required under sub. (1s) or as permitted under s.
14118.301 (4)
, the department shall consider only the pupils participating in the
15program under s. 119.23 to whom the examinations were administered at each grade
16level, and shall exclude from consideration those pupils participating in the program
17under s. 119.23 who were excused from taking the examinations under sub. (2) (b)
185.
AB1-ASA1,37 19Section 37. 118.30 (7) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1-ASA1,24,2320 118.30 (7) If a school board enters into an agreement with a federally
21recognized American Indian tribe or band in this state to establish a charter school,
22that school board shall administer the examinations under sub. (1m) or under s.
23118.301 (4)
regardless of the location of the charter school.
AB1-ASA1,38 24Section 38. 118.301 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1-ASA1,25,3
1118.301 Alternative assessments. (1) Definition. In this section, "research
2center" means an entity or organization with expertise to evaluate alternative
3examinations.
AB1-ASA1,25,12 4(2) Responsibilities of the department. Within 30 days after the effective date
5of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the department shall request from the
6research center a list of nationally recognized, norm-referenced alternative
7examinations determined by the research center to be acceptable for statistical
8comparison with examinations adopted or approved under s. 118.30 (1). The
9department shall evaluate and approve 3 of the examinations by rule. The
10department may approve under this subsection only those examinations that the
11research center has determined are consistent with the parameters identified under
12sub. (3).
AB1-ASA1,25,19 13(3) Evaluation of alternative examinations. Within 90 days after the effective
14date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], the research center shall submit to the
15department a list of nationally recognized, norm-referenced alternative
16examinations determined by the research center to be acceptable for statistical
17comparison with examinations adopted or approved under s. 118.30 (1). The
18research center shall submit under this subsection only those examinations that are
19consistent with the following parameters:
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