Public Notice: Notification of Independent Charter Schools Waivers

Date:   May 15, 2020

To:   Legislative Reference Bureau

From:   Department of Public Instruction

Subject:   Independent Charter Schools Waivers

This memo serves as the notification to the Legislative Reference Bureau required under s. 118.38 (4) (b) 1., Stats., of waivers the Department of Public Instruction (Department) is providing under s. 118.38 (4) (a) 1. c., Stats.

Requirements Being Waived for the Independent Charter Schools

1.

For any schools that included 4-year-old kindergarten pupils in the 0.6 full−time equivalent category on the third Friday in September or second Friday in January enrollment reported under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) or s. 118.40 (2x) (e), waive the requirement that the school provide at least 87.5 hours of 4−year−old kindergarten outreach activities for the 2019-20 school year.

2.

For any schools that included 4-year-old kindergarten pupils in the 0.6 full−time equivalent category on the third Friday in September or second Friday in January enrollment reported under s. 118.40 (2r) (e) or s. 118.40 (2x) (e), waive the requirement that the auditor test whether the 4-year-old kindergarten program provided at least 87.5 hours of 4−year−old kindergarten outreach activities for the 2019-20 school year.

3.

For any schools authorized under s. 118.40 (2x), Stats, the requirements under s. 115.415, Stats. for the school to consider pupil performance on statewide assessments administered under s. 118.30 in the 2019-20 school year and, to include pupil performance on those assessments in the evaluation score assigned to a teacher or principal under the educator effectiveness evaluation system developed under s. 115.415, Stats., is waived.